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Exile or embrace? : congregations discerning their response to gay and lesbian Christians /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siler, Mahan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cleveland : Pilgrim Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Church work with gays.
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church (Raleigh, N.C.) > Case studies.
Church work with gays > North Carolina > Raleigh > Case studies.
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Southern Baptist Convention > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I : The Pullen story : a pastoral journal
  • The alarm of AIDS
  • The power of story
  • Public reactions
  • Continuing education
  • Pullen going public
  • The gathering storm
  • Backing into a whirlwind
  • The eye of the storm
  • The hurricane's backside
  • The storm subsiding
  • The parting of ways
  • Section II : Leading the process
  • Readiness
  • Anticipating the stages
  • Leadership
  • Creating a plan
  • Implementing the plan
  • Section III : Study guide
  • Session 1 : gathering and clarifying your purpose
  • Session 2 : readiness
  • Session 3 : anticipating the stages
  • Session 4 : leadership
  • Session 5 : creating a plan (part 1)
  • Session 6 : creating a plan (part 2)
  • Session 7 : implementing the plan
  • Session 8 : concluding the study.