Reading @timkellernyc's Center Church was a large reason why I began to think of the LGBTQ+ community as a distinct cultural group--which is the foundation of much of my work (especially at the first two @revoiceus conferences) and a significant theme of my life.
His discussion of contextualization and missiology is, perhaps surprisingly, one of the biggest reasons why I call myself gay, why I began to consider my sexuality to be an aspect of my identity, why I feel such a strong connection to LGBTQ+ people, culture, and history.
I quoted him extensively throughout those breakout sessions at the first two Revoice conferences, and his work has irrevocably shaped me as I continue to write and speak about faith LGBTQ+ experience now.
So it is especially painful (and perhaps a bit ironic) to seek him publicly and harshly distance himself from the Side B community, because his work has been the catalyst for so much Side B thought and cultural formation over the past several years.
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