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Gay Christian Advocate Sharpens Focus of Outreach Ministry, Combats “post-modern, revision
Gay Christian advocate Justin R. Cannon sharpens the focus of his outreach ministry to LGBT Christians asserting that "the Church can be inclusive of lgbt individuals without sacrificing the Gospel and the Apostolic teachings." This month he relaunched his site under the name "Inclusive Orthodoxy."
Berkeley, CA – Since 2005 Justin R. Cannon has run an online outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians through http://www.TruthSetsFree.net. Cannon’s ministry emerged from the publication of his booklet The Bible, Christianity, and Homosexuality, described by the Los Angeles Times as "an illuminating…analysis that argues the Bible doesn't condemn faithful gay relationships." (Michael McGough, July 18, 2005). In 2006 he was honored among OUT Magazine’s top 100 lgbt achievers of the year for his work, including the establishment of the internet’s first gay Christian matchmaking site—RainbowChristians.com. This month, however, Cannon’s has radically changed both the look and focus of his outreach ministry.
His outreach ministry has been renamed “Inclusive Orthodoxy” and can now be accessed via http://www.InclusiveOrthodoxy.org. His website explains, “Inclusive Orthodoxy is the belief that the Church can and must be inclusive of lgbt individuals without sacrificing the Gospel and the Apostolic teachings of the Christian faith.” His website decries individuals like lgbt advocate and retired Episcopalian bishop John Shelby Spong who denies the reality of Jesus’ resurrection and The Center for Progressive Christianity which recently celebrated “Pluralism Sunday.” Cannon asserts, “The Church needs to embrace lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals not despite scripture and tradition, but in light of it.”
Cannon explains, “It seems that the more inclusive an organization or denomination becomes, the further it strays from the Apostolic faith and core orthodox Christian teaching. Unlike many post-modern, revisionist, relativist ‘Christians,’ we believe that the Church can be inclusive of lgbt individuals without sacrificing the Gospel and the Apostolic teachings.”
On his website visitors can download his Bible study for free, listen to a couple sermons he has given about his own personal journey, read about Inclusive Orthodoxy, and even find a church in your area that is affirming of lgbt Christians. He is currently attending seminary at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California (USA) as he pursues priesthood within the Episcopal Church.
His outreach ministry has been renamed “Inclusive Orthodoxy” and can now be accessed via http://www.InclusiveOrthodoxy.org. His website explains, “Inclusive Orthodoxy is the belief that the Church can and must be inclusive of lgbt individuals without sacrificing the Gospel and the Apostolic teachings of the Christian faith.” His website decries individuals like lgbt advocate and retired Episcopalian bishop John Shelby Spong who denies the reality of Jesus’ resurrection and The Center for Progressive Christianity which recently celebrated “Pluralism Sunday.” Cannon asserts, “The Church needs to embrace lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals not despite scripture and tradition, but in light of it.”
Cannon explains, “It seems that the more inclusive an organization or denomination becomes, the further it strays from the Apostolic faith and core orthodox Christian teaching. Unlike many post-modern, revisionist, relativist ‘Christians,’ we believe that the Church can be inclusive of lgbt individuals without sacrificing the Gospel and the Apostolic teachings.”
On his website visitors can download his Bible study for free, listen to a couple sermons he has given about his own personal journey, read about Inclusive Orthodoxy, and even find a church in your area that is affirming of lgbt Christians. He is currently attending seminary at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California (USA) as he pursues priesthood within the Episcopal Church.
For more information:
http://www.InclusiveOrthodoxy.org
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Jesus can't we get a break from this sort of stuff.
The Church and all its varieties are a weight on the back of the gay and lesbian community. Indybay should not be a forum for the discussion and promulgation of christian ideas among gay people, but instead should be a forum for the liberation of humanity from the feudal yoke of christianity and its anti-sexual theology.
We gays must rebuke and expose shuckster ministers who would profit on our misery in this capitalist society. Long live the struggle for atheism.
We gays must rebuke and expose shuckster ministers who would profit on our misery in this capitalist society. Long live the struggle for atheism.
Well, how nice that the Christians are attempting to expand their ranks of brainwashed masses by reaching out to the gay community in gestures of inclusion. That doesn't mean that we're all going to be coming down from our caves to join the Christian church yet either. After so many centuries of Inquisition, colonialism and other oppression of indigenous cultures from "well meaning" Christians, we're all set to leave this (and other) Abrahamic monotheist religions forever to the pages of the past mistakes of humanity..
As for athiesm, the Soviet communist state's religion of choice (or of no choice) was one of the most destructive forces used against indigenous pagan cultures within the greater Russian diaspora..
"In the post-war period, most of the minor nations suffered from the lack of vernacular schooling and letters. Their habitats were flooded with (mostly Russian) migrants. At the same time, official propaganda constantly intensified its efforts to depict Russians as the chosen people who would lead the whole world into Communism. This, together with the obvious political supremacy of the Russians, led several minor peoples to develop inferiority complexes to the extent that they denied their own nationality."
Red book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire @;
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/foreword.shtml
Personally i'm waiting on the day when ALL the Christian churches crumble to the ground from lack of use and the atheistic nuclear weapons scientists (& the Christian, Muslim & Israeli nuclear weapons scientists) who promote their nuclear weapons agenda at the expense of ALL life on Earth will all die quickly from radiation induced cancer BEFORE they can kill anyone else (May Corbin Harney Rest in Peace.) with their deadly radiation emitting nuclear weapons..
There are too many innocent downwinders dying of radiation induced cancer while the military warmongers who promote nuclear weapons proliferation continue to exist on this Earth, that is itself an injustice!! Death needs to be redirected away from the blood of the innocent downwinders and instead feast upon the blood of the elite warmongering military tyrants (ALL the GW Bush regime!!)!! We cannot allow the nuclear scientists to drag anyone else who is innocent down their path of suicidal radioactive nuclear nihilism. We have the right to live without nuclear radiation induced cancer!! Let the nuclear weapons scientists take ALL of their nuclear waste with them to their graves upon their exit!! Even that is impossible as there is NO KNOWN SAFE disposal of nuclear waste!!
STOP nuclear weapons testing on Western Shoshone land (Newe Sogobia)! Get the US military's Nevada Test Site off of Shoshone land!! Honor the Treaty of Ruby Valley!
In memory of Corbin Harney (March 24, 1920- July 10, 2007);
"July 10, 2007 (TurtleIsland). Corbin Harney Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone Nation crossed over at 11:00 a.m. this morning in a house on a sacred mountain near Santa Rosa, CA (Turtle Island). He had dedicated his life to fighting the nuclear testing and dumping.
That battle claimed his life through cancer.
Before he passed, he said to remember:
“We are one people. We cannot separate ourselves now.
There are many good things to be done for our people and for the world.
It is important to let things be good. And it is important to teach the younger generation so that things are not lost.”
According to witnesses present, in the morning fog, the spirits of four Shoshoni dog soldiers were outside on horseback before Corbin’s passing. But then one of the Shoshone present, Santiago Lozada, yelled “Tosawi Tosawi!” (White Knife). And then the fog shifted and there were thousands of spirits waiting."
article @;
http://www.shundahai.org/
People of all beliefs will continue to fight for abolition of nuclear weapons. We will remember that Corbin's spirit walks with us on this journey to end nuclear proliferation. Some positive atheists are also attempting nuclear abolition;
"It is our hope that humanist, atheist and freethinking organizations everywhere will consider endorsing the Abolition 2000 Statement by sending a contact name, organization name, address and telephone and fax numbers to a2000 [at] silcom.com. The Abolition 2000 Statement, written by Abolition 2000, was used at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to raise general public awareness of the failure of the Nuclear Weapons States to fulfill their commitment to eliminate nuclear weapons and continues to be valid for that purpose. Abolition 2000 is a Global Network of more that 2000 citizen action groups and municipalities in 92 countries dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons and can be contacted at http://www.abolition2000.org."
found @;
http://www.positiveatheism.org/mail/eml9655.htm
There's also many Christians, Muslims, and Jews attempting nuclear abolition;
"As people of faith, we understand that God created the universe and everything in it. Our world is an astonishingly beautiful, rich, complex, tiny piece of that creation, teeming with life and beloved in God's sight.
Since the nuclear age began in 1945 this glorious world has been faced with a fundamentally new kind of threat from nuclear weapons. Their vast power could destroy not only the present world, but with long-term radiation effects and the possibility of nuclear winter, nuclear weapons could destroy the future. Even when they are unused, production and deployment of nuclear weapons cause significant environmental degradation, divert massive resources from human need, and add destabilizing fear to tense political situations.
Contemplating the use of nuclear weapons is an affront to God. Preparing to unleash such destructiveness runs against all the life-giving creativity that comes from God. As people of faith, we affirm life and all that nurtures it. We abhor nuclear weapons and the destruction they portend. As people of faith, we choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19).
A decade after the end of the Cold War, the peril of nuclear destruction is mounting. The great powers have refused to give up nuclear arms, other countries are producing them, and terrorists are trying to acquire them."
http://www.nrdi.org/forpeopleoffaith.htm
So what difference does it make if we're Hindu, Buddist, athiest, agnostic, pagan, Christian, Muslim or Jew if we are active in promoting nuclear abolition, inclusiveness of gays, ecological awareness, etc..
As for athiesm, the Soviet communist state's religion of choice (or of no choice) was one of the most destructive forces used against indigenous pagan cultures within the greater Russian diaspora..
"In the post-war period, most of the minor nations suffered from the lack of vernacular schooling and letters. Their habitats were flooded with (mostly Russian) migrants. At the same time, official propaganda constantly intensified its efforts to depict Russians as the chosen people who would lead the whole world into Communism. This, together with the obvious political supremacy of the Russians, led several minor peoples to develop inferiority complexes to the extent that they denied their own nationality."
Red book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire @;
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/foreword.shtml
Personally i'm waiting on the day when ALL the Christian churches crumble to the ground from lack of use and the atheistic nuclear weapons scientists (& the Christian, Muslim & Israeli nuclear weapons scientists) who promote their nuclear weapons agenda at the expense of ALL life on Earth will all die quickly from radiation induced cancer BEFORE they can kill anyone else (May Corbin Harney Rest in Peace.) with their deadly radiation emitting nuclear weapons..
There are too many innocent downwinders dying of radiation induced cancer while the military warmongers who promote nuclear weapons proliferation continue to exist on this Earth, that is itself an injustice!! Death needs to be redirected away from the blood of the innocent downwinders and instead feast upon the blood of the elite warmongering military tyrants (ALL the GW Bush regime!!)!! We cannot allow the nuclear scientists to drag anyone else who is innocent down their path of suicidal radioactive nuclear nihilism. We have the right to live without nuclear radiation induced cancer!! Let the nuclear weapons scientists take ALL of their nuclear waste with them to their graves upon their exit!! Even that is impossible as there is NO KNOWN SAFE disposal of nuclear waste!!
STOP nuclear weapons testing on Western Shoshone land (Newe Sogobia)! Get the US military's Nevada Test Site off of Shoshone land!! Honor the Treaty of Ruby Valley!
In memory of Corbin Harney (March 24, 1920- July 10, 2007);
"July 10, 2007 (TurtleIsland). Corbin Harney Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone Nation crossed over at 11:00 a.m. this morning in a house on a sacred mountain near Santa Rosa, CA (Turtle Island). He had dedicated his life to fighting the nuclear testing and dumping.
That battle claimed his life through cancer.
Before he passed, he said to remember:
“We are one people. We cannot separate ourselves now.
There are many good things to be done for our people and for the world.
It is important to let things be good. And it is important to teach the younger generation so that things are not lost.”
According to witnesses present, in the morning fog, the spirits of four Shoshoni dog soldiers were outside on horseback before Corbin’s passing. But then one of the Shoshone present, Santiago Lozada, yelled “Tosawi Tosawi!” (White Knife). And then the fog shifted and there were thousands of spirits waiting."
article @;
http://www.shundahai.org/
People of all beliefs will continue to fight for abolition of nuclear weapons. We will remember that Corbin's spirit walks with us on this journey to end nuclear proliferation. Some positive atheists are also attempting nuclear abolition;
"It is our hope that humanist, atheist and freethinking organizations everywhere will consider endorsing the Abolition 2000 Statement by sending a contact name, organization name, address and telephone and fax numbers to a2000 [at] silcom.com. The Abolition 2000 Statement, written by Abolition 2000, was used at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to raise general public awareness of the failure of the Nuclear Weapons States to fulfill their commitment to eliminate nuclear weapons and continues to be valid for that purpose. Abolition 2000 is a Global Network of more that 2000 citizen action groups and municipalities in 92 countries dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons and can be contacted at http://www.abolition2000.org."
found @;
http://www.positiveatheism.org/mail/eml9655.htm
There's also many Christians, Muslims, and Jews attempting nuclear abolition;
"As people of faith, we understand that God created the universe and everything in it. Our world is an astonishingly beautiful, rich, complex, tiny piece of that creation, teeming with life and beloved in God's sight.
Since the nuclear age began in 1945 this glorious world has been faced with a fundamentally new kind of threat from nuclear weapons. Their vast power could destroy not only the present world, but with long-term radiation effects and the possibility of nuclear winter, nuclear weapons could destroy the future. Even when they are unused, production and deployment of nuclear weapons cause significant environmental degradation, divert massive resources from human need, and add destabilizing fear to tense political situations.
Contemplating the use of nuclear weapons is an affront to God. Preparing to unleash such destructiveness runs against all the life-giving creativity that comes from God. As people of faith, we affirm life and all that nurtures it. We abhor nuclear weapons and the destruction they portend. As people of faith, we choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19).
A decade after the end of the Cold War, the peril of nuclear destruction is mounting. The great powers have refused to give up nuclear arms, other countries are producing them, and terrorists are trying to acquire them."
http://www.nrdi.org/forpeopleoffaith.htm
So what difference does it make if we're Hindu, Buddist, athiest, agnostic, pagan, Christian, Muslim or Jew if we are active in promoting nuclear abolition, inclusiveness of gays, ecological awareness, etc..
Nuclear Free, Agnostic & Pagan Until Death wrote;
"Personally i'm waiting on the day when ALL the Christian churches crumble to the ground from lack of use and the atheistic nuclear weapons scientists (& the Christian, Muslim & Israeli nuclear weapons scientists) who promote their nuclear weapons agenda at the expense of ALL life on Earth will all die quickly from radiation induced cancer BEFORE they can kill anyone else (May Corbin Harney Rest in Peace.) with their deadly radiation emitting nuclear weapons.. "
This sort of wishful thinking and revenge based ideology is exactly what got us all into all this trouble to begin with!!
As a non-religious person who values the sacredness of ALL LIFE on Earth (even creepy crawly snakes & spiders!! : )), to pray for the death of nuclear weapons scientists by cancer before they can hurt any more innocent lives seems to be a revolving door as we have NO KNOWN SAFE DISPOSAL of nuclear waste!! If anything the people should collectively ACT UP to hold the nuclear weapons scientists as ethically accountable hostages UNTIL they can dismantle ALL nuclear weapons AND discover a safe disposal method for nuclear waste!!
If the people who are knowledgeable of the construction of nuclear weapons, they then also need to become knowledgeable and ACT UPON the dismantling of said nuclear weapons and NO NEW NUCLEAR facilities until we can SAFELY eliminate the nuclear waste we are currently burdened with here in the US!!
Sorry for straying so far off of the initial topic, all this talking about religion and nuclear weapons only relates to our human state and the need for the gifted people who exhibit alternative sexual lifestyles (ie., GLBT community) to become freed from the bigorty of religious dogmas and reclaim their position in our society as healers, artists, etc...
"Personally i'm waiting on the day when ALL the Christian churches crumble to the ground from lack of use and the atheistic nuclear weapons scientists (& the Christian, Muslim & Israeli nuclear weapons scientists) who promote their nuclear weapons agenda at the expense of ALL life on Earth will all die quickly from radiation induced cancer BEFORE they can kill anyone else (May Corbin Harney Rest in Peace.) with their deadly radiation emitting nuclear weapons.. "
This sort of wishful thinking and revenge based ideology is exactly what got us all into all this trouble to begin with!!
As a non-religious person who values the sacredness of ALL LIFE on Earth (even creepy crawly snakes & spiders!! : )), to pray for the death of nuclear weapons scientists by cancer before they can hurt any more innocent lives seems to be a revolving door as we have NO KNOWN SAFE DISPOSAL of nuclear waste!! If anything the people should collectively ACT UP to hold the nuclear weapons scientists as ethically accountable hostages UNTIL they can dismantle ALL nuclear weapons AND discover a safe disposal method for nuclear waste!!
If the people who are knowledgeable of the construction of nuclear weapons, they then also need to become knowledgeable and ACT UPON the dismantling of said nuclear weapons and NO NEW NUCLEAR facilities until we can SAFELY eliminate the nuclear waste we are currently burdened with here in the US!!
Sorry for straying so far off of the initial topic, all this talking about religion and nuclear weapons only relates to our human state and the need for the gifted people who exhibit alternative sexual lifestyles (ie., GLBT community) to become freed from the bigorty of religious dogmas and reclaim their position in our society as healers, artists, etc...
As the founder of Inclusive Orthodoxy, I just wanted to respond to the previous comments. I admire your respect for all of life, and want to let you know that I couldn't agree more with that sentiment. As a non-violent activist, anti-war, anti-death penalty, anti-abortion, vegetarian I can tell you that not all Christians support killing.
Peace,
Justin
Peace,
Justin
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