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Andy Stanley’s Upcoming Family Conference Features TWO Gay-Married Speakers

In a little over a month, North Point Community Church will be hosting the controversial Unconditional Conference, a family conference for parents who have LGBTQ children. Notably, nearly all the speakers are gay-affirming and pro-homosexuality, some radically so. This includes not only ONE homosexual man who is ‘married’ to his ‘husband’ but TWO.

The conference is being put on by Embracing the Journey, a radical gay-affirming ministry that partners with North Point to counsel parents of struggling LGBTQ+ children. We’ve cataloged some of North Point Community Church’s and Andy Stanley’s LGBTQ-affirming stances and activities below.

Video: Gay-Affirming North Point Church Leader Cheers As She’s Given Lap Dance by Drag Queen
North Point Leader Recommends All-LGBTQ+ Queer Counselling Collective For Struggling Gay Kids
Dr. Michael Brown Says He’s Spent 8 Years Exchanging Texts and Emails with Andy Stanley, Who Has REFUSED to Condemn Homosexuality

Celebrating Transgenderism?! North Point Church Staffers Rejoice After Man Comes Out as Woman
Audio: Gay North Point Church Leader Says Andy Stanley Affirmed Him in His Homosexuality
Did a Pastor at Andy Stanley’s Church Just Out Him as Gay-Affirming?! Read the Excerpts
Contemporaneous Text Messages from 2019 Support Gay-Affirming Charges Against Andy Stanley Andy

North Point Church Staffers Found ‘Liking’ Pride Parade Celebration
Stanley’s Children Ministry Overrun and Led by Pro-LBGTQ+ Activists
Andy Stanley’s Church Hosts and Promotes Pro-LBGTQ+ Ministry
Surprise Surprise, Another North Point Church Leader is Gay-Affirming and Wildly Liberal

We’ve previously reported that one of the speakers at the conference is Brian Nietzel, an open and unapologetically affirming ‘Gay Christian.’ Brian ‘married’ his partner Dan last year and now lives unrepentantly in a grotesque parody of a one-flesh union. 

Crucially, Nietzel also founded the Renovus Network, a pro-LGBTQ+ advocacy group whose mission is to “Connect LGBTQ+ individuals to reclaim and develop their relationship with Jesus” and envision “a world where no one has to choose between their faith and sexual orientation or gender identity.”

Along with Nietzel, Renovus was co-founded by Gregory Cook, an openly gay man who serves on the board of Directors. Cook has been a leader with the North Point Community Church for the last 13 years. He’s joined on the board by gay-affirming North Point Pastrix Debbie Causey and gay-affirming ‘Embracing the Journey’ founders Greg and Lynn McDonald, also leaders at North Point.

But he’s not the one. Justin Lee, who ‘married’ his ‘fiance’ Michael Bower last year, will also be speaking.

For the last two decades, Lee has been an influential Christian voice for LGBTQ affirmation. He is the founder of the world’s largest LGBTQ Christian advocacy organization, (Gay Christian Network) the author of two books, and an internationally known speaker on faith, sexuality, and dialogue. Justin’s first book, Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, has been widely cited for its role in helping Christian parents understand and accept their LGBTQ kids.

It’s not surprising that North Point Church would have these two same-sex married men speak, it’s only surprising that there’s not more of them.

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Yet Another North Point Pastor Joins Andy Stanley’s LGBTQ-Affirming Conference

With the news that North Point Community Church is still committed to hosting the controversial Unconventional Conference, where Andy Stanley will be a keynote speaker, two more speakers have been added to the list.  

The conference is being put on by Embracing the Journey, a radical gay-affirming ministry that partners with North Point that offers to counsel parents of struggling LGBTQ+ children. 

Notably, nearly all the speakers are gay-affirming and pro-homosexuality, some radically so, including at least one in a ‘gay marriage.’ While some have suggested the conference would be canceled after the revelation of who the speakers are coming to light, new announcements show it’s right on schedule and has garnered “unprecedented” interest.

For more on North Point Community Church’s and Andy Stanley LGBTQ affirming stance, see below.

Gay Man with a ‘Husband’ Scheduled to Speak with Andy Stanley At His Church’s Family Conference
Video: Gay-Affirming North Point Church Leader Cheers As She’s Given Lap Dance by Drag Queen
North Point Leader Recommends All-LGBTQ+ Queer Counselling Collective For Struggling Gay Kids
Dr. Michael Brown Says He’s Spent 8 Years Exchanging Texts and Emails with Andy Stanley, Who Has REFUSED to Condemn Homosexuality
Celebrating Transgenderism?! North Point Church Staffers Rejoice After Man Comes Out as Woman

Audio: Gay North Point Church Leader Says Andy Stanley Affirmed Him in His Homosexuality
Did a Pastor at Andy Stanley’s Church Just Out Him as Gay-Affirming?! Read the Excerpts
Contemporaneous Text Messages from 2019 Support Gay-Affirming Charges Against Andy Stanley Andy Stanley’s Children Ministry Overrun and Led by Pro-LBGTQ+ Activists

North Point Hosting Conference With Founder of World’s Largest LGBTQ Christian Advocacy Org
Andy Stanley’s Church Hosts and Promotes Pro-LBGTQ+ Ministry
Surprise Surprise, Another North Point Church Leader is Gay-Affirming and Wildly Liberal

Because a distinct portion the leadership at North Point is gay-affirming, the speaker list refects this, with almost all of them being pro-homosexuality in one way or another. 

  • Greg and Lynn Mcdonald are both affirming. Their organization recommends all pro-queer resources and endorses books about why the bible celebrates homosexuality, rather than condemns it.
  • Andy Stanley is affirming, according to testimony by three pastors, and a famed apologist, as well as the ministries he allows to flourish in his church.
  • Debbie Causey is an affirming, pro-gay pastrix at North Point who celebrates affirming ministries and is a board member of the pro-LGBTQ advocacy group Renovus.
  • Justin Lee is the founder of the world’s biggest pro-LGBTQ advocacy group, and regularly promotes homosexuality as an excellent and normative orientation. 
  • Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee is a pro-LGBTQ affirming author who wrote a book about it Changing Our Mind: Definitive 3rd Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ Christians with Response to Critics
  • Dr Michael Sytsma sits on the board of Directors of Pro-LGBTQ organization Embracing the Journey and has appeared with North Point staffer Ryan Gray on the church’s Care Network several times as a teacher. 
  • Brian Nietzel is a gay man married to his ‘husband’ and is the founder of the pro-LBGTQ advocacy group Renovus, where several members of North Point Church sit on the board.
  • Al Causey is Debbie’s husband and the Adult Ministries & Ministry Services Director at Gwinnett Church, one of North Point’s satellite churches. 
  • David Quinones – a parent of a gay son and a frequent speaker at Embracing the Journey, he builds bridges that foster healing and reconciliation between the church, LGBTQ+ individuals, and their families. He recently created a Family Care Group for family members of gay kids. 

Now, the conference has added two more speakers to the mix. One is Pastor Chris Kim, Director of Adult Ministry Environments at Woodstock City Church, which is one of North Point’s multisite churches. He’s doing a presentation on “Your Core Beliefs and Why They’re Important:
Understanding How Differences Don’t Have to Separate Us.” The second is S. LaShay Dowley, a Christian sex therapist and owner of Owner of Enduring Connections Counseling Group. She’s a ‘BDSM and kink sensitive provider’ and her clients include LGBTQ couples. She is doing a talk on “The Walking Wounded Caring for You and Your Child’s Mental Health.”

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Another North Point Pastor Joins Andy Stanley’s LGBTQ-Affirming Conference

With the news that North Point Community Church is still committed to hosting the controversial Unconventional Conference, where Andy Stanley will be a keynote speaker, another conference speaker has dropped out and is being replaced by a North Point Church pastrix. 

The conference is being put on by Embracing the Journey, a radical gay-affirming ministry that partners with North Point that offers to counsel parents of struggling LGBTQ+ children. 

Notably, nearly all the speakers are gay-affirming and pro-homosexuality, some radically so, including at least one in a ‘gay marriage.’ While some have suggested the conference would be canceled after the revelation of who the speakers are coming to light, new announcements show it’s right on schedule and has garnered “unprecedented” interest. Tickets range in price from $276 for early bird pricing to $518 for late registration.

For more on North Point Community Church’s and Andy Stanley LGBTQ affirming stance, see below.

Gay Man with a ‘Husband’ Scheduled to Speak with Andy Stanley At His Church’s Family Conference
North Point Leader Recommends All-LGBTQ+ Queer Counselling Collective For Struggling Gay Kids
Dr. Michael Brown Says He’s Spent 8 Years Exchanging Texts and Emails with Andy Stanley, Who Has REFUSED to Condemn Homosexuality
Celebrating Transgenderism?! North Point Church Staffers Rejoice After Man Comes Out as Woman

Audio: Gay North Point Church Leader Says Andy Stanley Affirmed Him in His Homosexuality
Did a Pastor at Andy Stanley’s Church Just Out Him as Gay-Affirming?! Read the Excerpts
Contemporaneous Text Messages from 2019 Support Gay-Affirming Charges Against Andy Stanley Andy Stanley’s Children Ministry Overrun and Led by Pro-LBGTQ+ Activists

North Point Hosting Conference With Founder of World’s Largest LGBTQ Christian Advocacy Org
Andy Stanley’s Church Hosts and Promotes Pro-LBGTQ+ Ministry
Surprise Surprise, Another North Point Church Leader is Gay-Affirming and Wildly Liberal

Because a distinct portion the leadership at North Point is gay-affirming, the speaker list refects this, with almost all of them being pro-homosexuality in one way or another. 

  • Greg and Lynn Mcdonald are both affirming. Their organization recommends all pro-queer resources and endorses books about why the bible celebrates homosexuality, rather than condemns it.
  • Andy Stanley is affirming, according to testimony by three pastors, and a famed apologist, as well as the ministries he allows to flourish in his church.
  • Debbie Causey is an affirming, pro-gay pastrix at North Point who celebrates affirming ministries and is a board member of the pro-LGBTQ advocacy group Renovus.
  • Justin Lee is the founder of the world’s biggest pro-LGBTQ advocacy group, and regularly promotes homosexuality as an excellent and normative orientation. 
  • Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee is a pro-LGBTQ affirming author who wrote a book about it Changing Our Mind: Definitive 3rd Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ Christians with Response to Critics
  • Dr Michael Sytsma sits on the board of Directors of Pro-LGBTQ organization Embracing the Journey and has appeared with North Point staffer Ryan Gray on the church’s Care Network several times as a teacher. 
  • Brian Nietzel is a gay man married to his ‘husband’ and is the founder of the pro-LBGTQ advocacy group Renovus, where several members of North Point Church sit on the board.
  • Al Causey is Debbie’s husband and the Adult Ministries & Ministry Services Director at Gwinnett Church, one of North Point’s satellite churches. 
  • David Quinones – a parent of a gay son and a frequent speaker at Embracing the Journey, he builds bridges that foster healing and reconciliation between the church, LGBTQ+ individuals, and their families. He recently created a Family Care Group for family members of gay kids. 

According to the most recent promo material, Pastor Chris Clark is no longer listed as a speaker. Clark is a leader of a pro-LGBTQ+ Embracing the Journey support group at Saddleback Church and has a daughter who he refers to as his trans “son.”

In his place is Pastor Jenny Boyett.

Boyett has spent over 17 years at North Point Community Church, most recently as the Associate Director of Adult Ministries and then the Director of Author Support and Leader Training. She claims to be a “Master Working Genius Facilitator, a Certified Temperament Coach, and sought-after public speaker.”

It is unclear whether or not she is gay-affirming, though if she is not, she’d be the first.