I am appalled and dismayed at the the action taken against Dee Kelly by the district leaders. Since when is a call for discussion and addressing concerns of a loving pastor a "sin" that warrants removal of that pastor's credentials? This action aligns more closely with the Pharisee's, than it does Jesus.
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Melissa Thun
3 years ago
I stand with Dee Kelley
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Gloria Coffin
3 years ago
Every Nazarene should be free to express an opinion as long as the Nazarene do not live in opposition to The Manual.
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Cody Bolton
3 years ago
God is love.
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Satan
3 years ago
Thank you for doing my work.
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Kristi Seaton
3 years ago
Overdue
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Forest Fisk
3 years ago
For what it’s worth, I’m still a member of the Nazarene Church, but I am on the way out.
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Anonymous
3 years ago
When the church acts like this it has lost the plot of the gospel
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Mark Quinn
3 years ago
As a ordained elder in the church of the Nazarene and a father to three queer children who love and follow Jesus we need to do better.
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Matt Barnes
3 years ago
Signed with love and a hope for a return to charitable discourse.
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Laura Oliver
3 years ago
It's there no room for discussions about topics that church members disagree on? It's there no room for discussions that clergy and the general church may disagree upon?
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John Hawthorne
3 years ago
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Sharing an opinion about a major social issue in an essay is an act of scholarship and not a challenge to the denomination’s position on LGBTQ affirmation. This is a serious overreach by the disciplinary structures and should be reversed.
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Amber Knapp
3 years ago
It is time for the CotN to have some difficult conversations. We can't bury our head in the sand and pretend it will go away.
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Kevin Nye
3 years ago
Big tents shouldn’t have bouncers
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Sharon Aumiller Hiatt
3 years ago
I am a 3rd generation Nazarene, daughter of a past Nazarene pastor. No church or organization can flourish without the ability of its members and leaders to question and discuss. If you begin forcing all pastors and members to blindly follow the rules set up by those in authority, it is no longer a church denomination but it has become cult-like. Please do not allow my church and yours to become so closed minded. Please reinstate Dee Kelley and other pastors who have bravely questioned culture issues like LGTBQ, racism, nationalism, etc and let's have some discussions about how to best love others...even if you disagree with them.
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Laura Hardee
3 years ago
A conversation is not an unreasonable or sinful request. Don’t let fear of your unknown rule this day.
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Gary Crays
3 years ago
Dee Kelley was very instrumental in helping me as a young person at SNU. The lack of dialogue around the church’s stance on helping ANYONE who is physically poor, destitute, who has struggled with things like homosexuality has been a hindrance to our mission for decades. It’s time for a discussion, and we must put an end to the witch hunting policies. We are not catholic and this is not the inquisition.
Former Pastor in the CotN
Love always wins
We lament.
I am appalled and dismayed at the the action taken against Dee Kelly by the district leaders. Since when is a call for discussion and addressing concerns of a loving pastor a "sin" that warrants removal of that pastor's credentials? This action aligns more closely with the Pharisee's, than it does Jesus.
I stand with Dee Kelley
Every Nazarene should be free to express an opinion as long as the Nazarene do not live in opposition to The Manual.
God is love.
Thank you for doing my work.
Overdue
For what it’s worth, I’m still a member of the Nazarene Church, but I am on the way out.
When the church acts like this it has lost the plot of the gospel
As a ordained elder in the church of the Nazarene and a father to three queer children who love and follow Jesus we need to do better.
Signed with love and a hope for a return to charitable discourse.
It's there no room for discussions about topics that church members disagree on? It's there no room for discussions that clergy and the general church may disagree upon?
Sharing an opinion about a major social issue in an essay is an act of scholarship and not a challenge to the denomination’s position on LGBTQ affirmation. This is a serious overreach by the disciplinary structures and should be reversed.
It is time for the CotN to have some difficult conversations. We can't bury our head in the sand and pretend it will go away.
Big tents shouldn’t have bouncers
I am a 3rd generation Nazarene, daughter of a past Nazarene pastor. No church or organization can flourish without the ability of its members and leaders to question and discuss. If you begin forcing all pastors and members to blindly follow the rules set up by those in authority, it is no longer a church denomination but it has become cult-like. Please do not allow my church and yours to become so closed minded. Please reinstate Dee Kelley and other pastors who have bravely questioned culture issues like LGTBQ, racism, nationalism, etc and let's have some discussions about how to best love others...even if you disagree with them.
A conversation is not an unreasonable or sinful request. Don’t let fear of your unknown rule this day.
Dee Kelley was very instrumental in helping me as a young person at SNU. The lack of dialogue around the church’s stance on helping ANYONE who is physically poor, destitute, who has struggled with things like homosexuality has been a hindrance to our mission for decades. It’s time for a discussion, and we must put an end to the witch hunting policies. We are not catholic and this is not the inquisition.