In 2013, Abraham Darly was working at an Ugandan LGBTQ youth center. He was also in a same-gender relationship with a minister. When another pastor discovered Abraham’s relationship, he feared it would shame the entire church. Several pastors forced Abraham into a car and brought him to the police, who interrogated him about his relationship. The pastors threatened Abraham and banned him […]
By the Rev. Roland Stringfellow, CLGS African American Roundtable Coordinator Published by the Detroit Free Press September 9, 2015 As a pastor and as a man of deep personal faith, I am called to serve God and all of God’s children. To me, that means walking in the footsteps of Christ in order to do […]
Pacific School of Religion and its Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS) celebrated today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling as a victory for loving, same-gender couples. The decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, affirms the right of same-gender couples to marry throughout the United States. “Literally thousands of people from all faith traditions have worked […]