Gay Christian Resources

"A Life of Unlearning" - by Anthony Venn-Brown. Winner of the Sydney (Australia) Gay & Lesbian Business Association's 'Gay Book of the Year' 2004.

Anthony holds nothing back as he reveals the torment and guilt experienced as a conservative Christian who couldn't conform to the church's edicts. Over 22 years he endured trips to the psychiatrist, weeks of exorcisms, 40-day fasts, months in a Christian ex-gay program and daily struggles with his 'problem', desperately attempting to change.

Like many homosexual men of his time, he married, believing it would extinguish the desires he felt. This only led him further into a life of self-deceit and hypocrisy. A popular preacher in the mega churches of Australia and other parts of the world, he survived by compartmentalising his sin. On centre stage, he was a successful, passionate evangelist who preached a message of hope and deliverance to thousands weekly. Behind the scenes however, were many dark secrets waiting to make an appearance. Feeling torn and fragmented, he knew something would eventually give. Jason was the catalyst and a public humiliation the result.

Abandoned by the church, which considered homosexuality an abomination, he lost everything he'd worked for and everyone he cared about. The devastation this brought to Anthony's life took him on a lonely journey that made him who he is today. You'll feel the sense of loss and be moved by his courage as he has to make the toughest decision of his life, being true to himself or live a lie.

This is not just a coming out story. Whether you are gay or straight, a Christian or a non-believer, you'll find relevance in Anthony's journey. It's a story about living your truth - embracing who you are and living the life you were meant to live.

Download the Prologue and Chapter 1 FREE.

"And God Loves Each One" (booklet by Ann Thompson Cook) - is more than just a book; it's a catalyst for a new dialogue about sexual orientation in churches and communities. It offers a path for people who wonder about sexual orientation, who wonder about the religious view that it's wrong to be gay. It's about lighting a spark of learning in your church and community. It's about growing and bringing gay and straight people together - united by their profound faith that God indeed loves each one. It addresses questions of sexuality within the context of faith. It's a booklet that people of any denomination can use to explore sexual orientation and God's love.

Ann Thompson Cook is a Methodist who has been educating people about sexuality, reproductive health, and gender for 25 years. She has written extensively, and her publications include Made in God's Image and PFLAG's Respect All Youth series. She and her husband of 35 years have two adult sons.

Bible Translations - is an Open Directory with links for many Bible Translations, including various languages, Catholic, Early Versions, New English Translation, World English Bible, Young's, etc.

"Black, Gay & Christian: An Inspirational Guidebook to Daily Living" is a 16 chapter, Gay/Lesbian Affirming, biblically based, spiritual empowerment tool which provides spiritual direction, motivational support and Christ-centered guidance to practicing Black Gay/Lesbians on how to live proud and fully committed, joy-filled, prosperous, and blessed lives as GLBT Christians without changing their orientation or behavior.

"Calling The Rainbow Nation Home" - by Elaine Sundby - is one part personal journey, and two parts Biblical study into some of the key issues gay (GLBT) Christians face while coming to terms with their sexual orientation. Issues such as salvation, is homosexuality a sin, celibacy, the role of the Holy Spirit in all of this, how come our church leaders don't see the truth in this matter and much, much more. There is also an easy to understand chapter that does a thorough job of discussing the 8 "clobber" passages some use against homosexuals.

I tried to make the book as easy to read as possible. In addition, the book is sprinkled throughout with several stories to help illustrate various points. My experiences, and some of the experiences of my fellow ministers, stories from our church etc. are all woven together to keep the book interesting and 'alive'.

My points are all solidly backed by Scripture. If you or a loved one are struggling with this issue, or minister to those who are, know someone who is, or is just plain curious what 'all the fuss is about', I encourage you to check out this book!

Note from Mary: Elaine created the "Directory of Welcoming Christian Churches" for us - 3500 listings! WOW! What a labour of love!

Click Here for the link to Elaine's Directory.

ChristianGay.com - is dedicated to all GLBT's who have been hurt and rejected by mainline denominations, supposedly in the name of Jesus.

ChristianLesbians.com - contains a great deal of LGBT related information and useful links, and not just for Lesbians...

Cristiano Gay - is a Christian outreach to the Gays of Tijuana. We grew out of the need for a positive portrayal of people who know Jesus yet are condemned (read "unloved" or "hated") by other people who are called Christians. Paul says that people who do not show love are not Christians. God is our Judge and He is the One who made some of His creatures homosexual. Jesus taught us that the essence of conformance to God's will is love - we love ourselves and others equally. But we love, respect and honor God above all.

Darlene Bogle - author of A Christian Lesbian Journey, was a former leader in Exodus International and directed an ex-gay ministry in Hayward, California in the 1980's and early 1990's where she was an assistant pastor in a Foursquare Church. She had been a national spokesperson for ex-gay ministry, having appeared on such programs as Sally Jesse Raphael, CBS 48 Hours and Jerry Springer. During that time she authored several books and hundreds of articles promoting an ex-gay lifestyle. Her life and ministry changed at a women's retreat as she was sharing her journey of emotional healing, when she met Des. Their instant attraction grew into love and they began their journey of discovering who they were as gay Christians.

Read more about this wonderful woman, and please consider buying her book.

EunuchbyNature.org - exists to share the everlasting love of Jesus Christ to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community.

Were you Born Unique?

Eunuch by Nature is full of essential resources demonstrating that ancient eunuchs in the Bible and in classical literature were not just castrated men, but also Gay men lacking sexual attraction to women. If you are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgendered, and were taught that homosexuality is a choice and an abominable sin, then I whole-heartedly invite you to come find yourself in a place you never imagined you could be found and let the Truth set your Spirit soaring to unfathomable heights! Come and seek the long lost Secret of the Kingdom of God.

EunuchByNature.org is dedicated to emboldening GLBT people and their straight allies to work for justice and equality within the church and society at large. Our mission is to assure GLBT people that they are included in God's unconditional love and are already justified by their faith and sanctified by grace alone. We are not lost souls but created by God!

His disciples said to him, "If the case of the man with his wife is like this, then it is better not to marry." But He said to them, "Not all men cannot accept this teaching, but it is only for those to whom it is truly given. For there are eunuchs, who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. He that is able to accept this, let him accept it."   (Matthew 19:10-12)

We believe Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people are the Eunuchs of the Bible.

Every Nation Praise - is a website dedicated to exposing the deception that the GLBT Nation is rejected by God. Through news, articles, and other great links we seek to build a network of resources affirming God's unconditional love for His GLBT children. In addition, for those in the Gay Nation who would embrace this Truth, we seek to share all of the opportunities that exist in the GLBT-Christian community to get involved and get equipped!

The Gay-Christian Community is expanding exponentially and hungry for the Word of God. EveryNationPraise's Mission is to help other GLBT's get hooked up with God and get hooked up with the "Purpose" for which God created them.

Family Acceptance - What do you do if your child is gay?

"On December 17, 1997, when our son Adam told us he was gay, our world was turned upside down. We were absolutely devastated. We desperately needed someone to comfort us, to assure us that our son, our family would be okay. But we were too embarrassed and scared to admit this secret to anyone, to reach out for comfort."

This excellent website is a "must visit" for all parents of gay children!

Gay By God - (GBG) is an educational branch of Bashert Ministries, Inc. GBG was designed to promote the belief that we are ALL created by God and in God's image (Genesis 1:27, 28). We pray that this website as well as it's promotional items will provide positive affirmation of God's love and acceptance to persons that identify themselves within the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLTB) community.

Don't leave this website without checking out their t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, Bible covers and more. They have a wonderful logo!

Gay Christian 101

An EXCELLENT website with full explanations about Adam and Eve, The Sodom Story, Holiness Code, David and Jonathan, and MUCH more!!!!

Plan on spending a lot of time on this website.

(The) Gay Face of God - by Archbishop Bruce Simpson - is the story of a man born of an act of violence who grew up as a gay man to become an Archbishop in the Old Catholic Church in America.

Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson's theology and beliefs on the subject of the GLBT community and its place in the world, and in particular in the Church, flies in the face of most traditions and governmental positions. These positions and beliefs have been formed out of his unique experiences growing up in the military, police departments, brief connection with the Saudi Royal family, federal Government and the Roman Catholic Church.

His story both saddens one at the trials faced in his youth, to joy at his many successes as an adult gay man in America.

The back of the book contains a fully reconstructed wedding Rite, based on the research by Prof. John Boswell of the ancient Roman Catholic Rite, to wed to people of the same sex. It will be of special interest to those who are involved in the marriage movement.

Gay Investigator - The jury seems to be out on most of my questions about homosexuality. Why, what and even how seems to be largely unanswered as yet. I myself am both gay and Christian, which raises some additional points. So I decided to become a Gay Investigator, scourging the net for links and articles - and to collect them here under each of my different questions.

Maybe you'll get some answers yourself pursuing these pages. I myself found enough to get indications of answers to most of my questions. Maybe this site can be a good starting point for your own search for answers?

Good luck with your own Gay Investigation!

Gay Prayer Resource - began March of 2007 to provide community, prayer support, and educational resources to the GLBT community worldwide.

We wish to encourage lesbian and gay people across the globe to pray for the needs of our people. We also desire to share resources and lessons concerning answered prayer.

This site should evolve over time with audio/video and more links to aid in your spiritual growth. There will be ways to share art, writings and music. This group should also be a place to deal with other issues relating to the Bible and gay rights.

GayChurch.org - contains a large 1,800+ member, worldwide discussion board. If you have questions, this is the place to ask and get feedback. Their Church Directory contains over 3,000+ 'welcoming' churches from around the world and is updated daily. The website also has numerous articles and in-depth studies of interest to the gay Christian community, in both English and Spanish.

God Hates Figs - "Warning! Theological Potholes Ahead!"

This site pulls no punches, especially fruit punches. It tells the God-given TRUTH about an important issue in today's society. The truth includes these facts:

JESUS REBUKED THE FIG AS AN EVIL ABOMINATION.
JESUS COMMANDED US NOT TO EAT OF THE CURSED FIG.
EAT A FIG, GO TO HELL.
GOD PROMISES TERRIBLE VENGEANCE FOR FIG-EATERS.

A tongue-in-cheek website for people with a sense of humour.

God Hates Shrimp - This site is a parody, meant to poke fun at people like Fred Phelps, and at people who protest against gay people and gay marriage. Enjoy!

God Hates Sodomites - A parody of Fred Phelps' anti-gay site godhatesfags.com.

At first glance GodHatesSodomites.com looks like another right-wing, anti-gay site with links on the homepage including one titled "Healing Homosexuality," which is in fact a "site offering peace through self-acceptance to God's gay, bisexual and queer children."

The section "So, who are Sodomites?" ends with this quote from Daniel A. Helminiak's book What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality: "So those who oppress homosexuals because of the supposed 'sin of Sodom' may themselves be the real 'Sodomites', as the Bible understands it."

GodMadeMeGay.com - is the wonderful website of my dear friend Rev. Bruce Lowe, whose article "A Letter to Louise - A Biblical Affirmation of Homosexuality" appears on this website.

Bruce is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas (1936) and of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas (1946). He married Anna Marie in 1944; they have two sons and two grandsons. His ministry included the chaplaincy during World War II, pastorates in Louisiana, and teaching Bible at Louisiana College, Pineville. He left the ministry in 1966 and worked until retirement in the Office for Civil Rights of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Bruce is a strong supporter of our GLBT community and endeavours to educate with the truth of the Scriptures regarding homosexuality.

Bruce's website also offers a plethora of Resources.

He Loves You Ministries - located in Van Nuys, CA, aims to end the spiritual violence thrown against the GLBT community and, at the same time, help all come up higher to enjoy their daily life and their relationship wiht God.

Inclusive Orthodoxy - approaches the problem that the more inclusive an organization or denomination becomes, the further it strays from the Apostolic faith and core orthodox Christian teaching.

Justin Cannon, the founder of this website, is perhaps the most gifted young man of our LGBT community to come along in many years. Still in his early 20's and pursuing his future within the priesthood, Justin has already accomplished much, including the publication of his booklet The Bible, Christianity, & Homosexuality, the design and development of several websites, and the recognition by Out Magazine as one of the Top 100 most influential gay people of 2006.

I am in full agreement with Justin's statements and highly recommend this website to all.

Jennifer Loewenthal LMFT, CDPT - is a therapist with Diamond Lake Counseling. She offers counseling support for GLBT people who are in need of healing from depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, ex-gay ministry recovery, coming out later in life, and those wanting to improve their relationships with their partners.

Jesus in Love - offers resources to help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people build a deep, living relationship with God through Christ. It is an online oasis for all who want to integrate sexuality and Christian spirituality. We affirm lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and let LGBT experiences illuminate Bible texts and church life. We are reclaiming and building on the tradition of God as Lover.

We welcome art, music, poetry and the beauty of nature as a means to spiritual growth. While valuing other faiths, we seek direct contact with Jesus Christ.

Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) - is a UK membership-based international ecumenical organisation, open to all, irrespective of sexual orientation, challenging homophobia in the Churches and other Christian communities.

We offer support, counselling, publications, groups, conferences and networking opportunities focussed on creating an inclusive Church and welcoming congregations.

Liberated Christians - is a website that I personally do not adhere to regarding some of their beliefs, but the website is jam-packed with Resources and it has always been my position that we should make information available, and then it is up to the individual to make the choices.

The purpose of this website is to share a large amount of research that they have accumulated and written over the years about The Bible & Sex, Responsible Nonmonogamy, Loving Intimacy, Swinging, Sex Education, AIDS, Sybian, Nudity, Tantra/Tao and other more controversial topics, such as homosexuality and abortion.

This website will not be for everyone, but I'm sure there are many who will enjoy exploring some new ideas.

MA Justice Of The Peace - Looking to marry in Massachusetts? Justice Of The Peace, Sally Masters, would be honored to officiate at one of the most significant occasions of your life.

Whether you are planning a wedding ceremony that is small and intimate, large and monumental, whether you are same sex partners or opposite sex partners, whether the ceremony is secular in nature, spiritual, religious, down to earth, or you've been together for a long time and now want to make it legal, I can provide a wedding ceremony that celebrates who you are as a couple and reflects your individual tastes and stylistic preferences. It brings me great joy to help couples find the perfect way to begin life together through the ceremony of marriage.

I am also available to solemnize other family celebrations such as renewal of vows, name changing rituals, adoption rituals, and more.

Other Sheep - Multi cultural Ministries with Sexual Minorities - We invite you to explore some of the resources in from our list of 60+ centers on six continents and consider networking with us to change the world.

Other Sheep is a member of the ILGA (International Lesbian and Gay Association).

Olive Tree Ministry is not a church. This ministry seeks to work with, encourage, build-up and aid local churches in any and every way possible. This ministry believes that the local church, whether a house church or an institutional church, is ordained by God where the Holy Spirit works most effectively through a gift-mix, where God-ordained leadership functions, the priesthood of all believers is practiced, apostles' doctrine is taught, and where Christlike living is emphasized.

Aspects of Olive Tree Ministry includes:

STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN PRESS - This literature ministry was formerly known for many years as Cristo Press founded in 1979. The material of Strawberry Mountain Press seek to be in accord with the orthodox Christian faith with an emphasis on Christlike living actively promoting the message of reconciliation with a special emphasis on combating destructive phobias that too often exist among Christians. The positions and stands of this literature ministry are not always popular or traditional but are thought provoking. Strawberry Mountain Press produces literature that is unique, challenging and controversial!

This literature often rocks the boat and can be disturbing but Christians are called upon to 'think' for themselves rather than allowing themselves to become brainwashed. Christians dare not allow themselves to the the pawns others doing their thinking. God's Spirit promises to illumine, enlighten and guide the people of God. The material of Olive Tree Ministry does not purport to have the answer to every question, however it does promise to get Christians thinking.

RETREATS - Periodic retreats are sponsored. At 6,000 ft. elevation,
Strawberry, AZ is usually 20 degrees cooler than the Phoenix desert during the summer. During the winter months there is a minimum of snow. Strawberry is located in one of the largest strands of Ponderosa pines found anywhere. Strawberry is an ideal place for spiritual renewal.

WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS - Weekend workshops and seminars are offered wherever and whenever a door is open. Invitations from groups of any size are solicited. These workshops and seminars cover a number of important and pertinent subjects that are geared to challenge Christians to action in combating the phobias rampant in the institutional Church. Other workshops and seminars deal with such areas as praise & worship, healing, reformation today, spiritual renewal, sharing our faith with others, etc.

Pacific Northwest Reconciling Ministries Network - is an excellent resource site, especially for those in Washington State. They provide a detailed listing of congregations that have gone through the process to declare themselves Reconciling Ministries, fully affirming people of all sexual orientations into their worship community. They also have a downloadable in-depth theological study booklet on the Church and homosexuality called "To Plead The Cause" as well as a 19 page Resource Guide which covers many topics of interest to the GLBT Christian community.

Reconciling Ministries Network - started as a movement of individuals, congregations, campus ministries, and other groups working for the full participation of all people in the United Methodist Church. It is now part of a much larger ecumenical "welcoming church" movement which encompasses more than 1500 congregations, ministries, and judicatories in ten faith traditions. This ecumenical movement is growing at the rate of two new churches each week--probably the fastest-growing grass roots movement in mainline churches today.

Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing - Founded in 2001, we are a multi-faith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society. The Religious Institute has emerged as the national leadership organization working at the intersection of religion and sexuality issues.

Our staff provide clergy, congregations, and denominational bodies with technical assistance on addressing sexuality and reproductive issues, and assist sexual and reproductive health (SRH) organizations on addressing religious issues and developing outreach to faith communities.

The primary objectives of the Religious Institute include:

    * Developing and supporting a network of clergy, religious educators,
          theologians, ethicists, and other religious leaders committed to
          sexual justice
    * Building the capacity of religious institutions and clergy to offer
          sexuality education within the context of their own faith traditions
    * Helping congregations become sexually healthy faith communities
    * Educating the public and policymakers about a progressive religious vision
          of sexual morality, justice, and healing.

TruthSetsFree.net - "The Bible, Christianity, and Homosexuality".

Justin R. Cannon has compiled an 11 page booklet which he has made available free for you to download. Just published in March 2005, this study is the end product of much research, dialogue, and prayerful reflection about what the Bible really says about homosexuality.

Please take advantage of this generous offer by downloading, printing, and reading it. This is one of the best resources of its kind. If you appreciate Justin's work, please return to his website and make a donation.

(The) Turning - is an online magazine that examines how spirituality can enrich modern life. Specifically, we're interested in whether Christianity can be a path to compassion, or whether it has run out of steam, over-burdened by an addiction to power and self-righteous judgmentalism.

We don't claim to have the answers. As relatively new Christians, we are still willing to ask uncomfortable questions about the faith. If it can't stand up to serious cross-examination, it won't keep our interest for long. So as we ask hard questions of Christianity, we hope the answers and perspectives we find may be of interest to others.