A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment
Christian congregations and denominations are increasingly struggling with questions of LGBTQ+ inclusion. The questions of hiring ministers who are LGBTQ+ persons, including LGBTQ+ persons in leadership, and conducting LGBTQ+ marriages are just a few of the discernment discussions that congregations...
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| description | Christian congregations and denominations are increasingly struggling with questions of LGBTQ+ inclusion. The questions of hiring ministers who are LGBTQ+ persons, including LGBTQ+ persons in leadership, and conducting LGBTQ+ marriages are just a few of the discernment discussions that congregations are considering. This article reports on the findings of 97 interviews in 21 congregations reporting on their own discernment conversations. Researchers identified commonalities and differences in groups of congregations with processes that participants saw as instructive. This article is the third in a series of three: common models in the literature, lessons learned from the 97 interviews, and potential processes for congregations considering discernment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45712a3bc5cd4329b9fceb83577619442023-11-21T10:14:48ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-03-0112319110.3390/rel12030191A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion DiscernmentHelen Harris0Gaynor Yancey1Kimberly Dawson2Jess Gregory3Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USADiana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USADiana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USADiana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USAChristian congregations and denominations are increasingly struggling with questions of LGBTQ+ inclusion. The questions of hiring ministers who are LGBTQ+ persons, including LGBTQ+ persons in leadership, and conducting LGBTQ+ marriages are just a few of the discernment discussions that congregations are considering. This article reports on the findings of 97 interviews in 21 congregations reporting on their own discernment conversations. Researchers identified commonalities and differences in groups of congregations with processes that participants saw as instructive. This article is the third in a series of three: common models in the literature, lessons learned from the 97 interviews, and potential processes for congregations considering discernment.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/3/191LGBTQ+ inclusioncongregationsdiscernment processesdenominations |
| spellingShingle | Helen Harris Gaynor Yancey Kimberly Dawson Jess Gregory A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment Religions LGBTQ+ inclusion congregations discernment processes denominations |
| title | A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment |
| title_full | A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment |
| title_fullStr | A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment |
| title_short | A Way Forward for Discernment in Congregations: LGBTQ+ Inclusion Discernment |
| title_sort | way forward for discernment in congregations lgbtq inclusion discernment |
| topic | LGBTQ+ inclusion congregations discernment processes denominations |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/3/191 |
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