“Faith at the Intersections: A Collection of Writings for Black and LGBTQ Communities in and beyond the United Methodist Church”
Rev. Gil Caldwell (STH ’58), Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey (Former STH Dean of Community Life), and Bishop Melvin Talbert published “Faith at the Intersections: A Collection of Writings for Black and LGBTQ Communities in and beyond the United Methodist Church” in 2017 and we share it with you now as a resource after the recent vote.
From the Introduction:
“Through his writings, Rev. Gil Caldwell civil rights activist and foot soldier who walked with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has frequently identified black, same-gender loving persons as important to the work of liberation. Bishop Melvin Talbert, another civil rights activist has been the leading episcopal voice reminding us that biblical obedience means full inclusion of LGBTQI persons in the worship and ministry of our denomination. Rev. Dr. Pamela R. Lightsey, a queer lesbian ordained elder and scholar works within the academy, the church and as an activist on urban streets protesting racism and homophobia. Each of us, in our work and writings have consistently argued that our ministries are made better by the teachings and examples of such Black LGBTQI persons as James Baldwin, Bayard Rustin, and Audre Lorde. We have seen no conflict in our racial justice activism and our activism in challenging the discrimination LGBTQI persons, same gender loving persons and couples face in church and society.
We share these writings with the hope that the unfinished justice journeys of persons of African descent in the America’s, Africa and the rest of the world, will be linked to the justice journeys of LGBTQI persons, same sex couples, women, the poor, and all people who are yet to experience complete freedom, justice and equality.”
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