Adam Hamilton is the senior impastor of Church of the Resurrection, a multi-site United Methodist megachurch with nine locations and over 24,000 active members, making it the biggest UMC church in the country and one of the largest Methodist churches in the world. We’ve previously covered the progressive, pro-LBGTQ, pro-choice
North Point Community Church has responded to a leaked training video that we shared last week showing a church ministry director instructing small group leaders to use affirming language with transgender tweens and teens, saying that the training “does not reflect our church’s approach to ministering to or guiding students
A leaked small group training video from North Point Community Church shows a church ministry director instructing small group leaders to use affirming language with transgender tweens and teens, advising them to use their new names and personal pronouns because if everyone else in that child’s life is affirming them,
For years, North Point Community Church, led by Andy Stanley, has been partnering with and promoting affirming LGBTQ+ organizations when desperate parents come to see them for help with their struggling gay children, all done through their Parent Connect Ministry. Parent Connect is (was formerly?) led by Amy Blakeslee, an openly affirming queer
Andy Stanley is up to his old tricks again, arguing in a recent sermon that Christians don’t have to believe in all the miracles recorded in the bible, but only have to believe in two. He explains: “Do you have to believe in miracles to be a Christian? And in
Andy Stanley’s North Point Community Church continues to be a safe haven for LGBTQ-affirming pastors and leaders to work directly against the cause of Christ and the gospel to gay people, and this is no more clear than the recent news that Renovus is sponsoring ‘brunch’ at an upcoming Pride
North Point Community Church pastor Andy Stanley, lately known for his host of pro-LGBTQ controversies (see endnotes), recently joined Carey Nieuwhof for a conversation about disagreements in the church, especially around politics. In the interview, Stanley advocates his usual brand ‘clean hands’ third-wayism, insisting “the way forward is to disagree
Last week, David joined Jason of ‘Dear Woke Christian’ for a deep dive into Andy Stanley’s controversial sermon, where he claimed that his church still believe that homosexuality is a sin, but that if congregation members don’t believe that, then that’s ok with them. Check out this great interaction! For
Earlier this week, North Point Community Church hosted the Embracing the Journey conference, a two-day event for parents who have LGBTQ children or loved ones in their lives. Notably, nearly all the speakers were gay-affirming, including two men who are in homosexual marriages. We’ve been writing about it for a
Update. Our first report on the conference is up here Here is a partial excerpt from Andy Stanley’s sermon today addressing the controversy over his gay-affirming conference. It was not streamed or publicly shared, but we have access to it, and we’re posting it in full at the end. Because
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