Why the Church of the Nazarene should be fully LGBTQ+ affirming

PART I: QUEER VOICES

Because I Want My Children to Live / Taryn Eudaly

Scandalous Woman / Kara Hudson

Just As I Am / Nancy R. Kelso

Why Can't the Nazarenes I Know Be More Like the Knitters I Know? / Naomi Mackey

The Grace of Coming Out / Erin Moorman

The Rejected Calling / Jennifer Crowder Noricks

Unconditionally Me / Mindy OldenKamp

Liberation Toward a Fresh and Faithful Nazarene Theology / Keegan Osinski

An Open Letter to My Church Family / Bethany Raya

The Parable of Y2K / Daniel Rodriguez Schlorff

Were You Wrong? / Jan Shannon

Wrestling with God / Brandon Smee

Shutting Out Sparrows / Paige Tilden

A Place at the Table / Allison Nicole Tucker

The Biggest Loser / Devon Van Essen

Around the Table, An Offering of Sorts / Rose - Queer for Life, Nazarene No More / Elizabeth Wren McNally

Just As I Am? / Marva Weigelt

A Gay Daughter and her Pastor Father: An Interview / Allison Tucker and Tracy Tucker

PART II: ALLY NARRATIVES

Naming Someone: A Love Story / Jennifer R. Jensen

Damn Time / S. Vondale Allen

Who Should Be Part of the Church's Story? / Deanna L. Andree

Our Father, Who Art In? / Justin Barksdale

Bodies are Holy-Even Transgender Bodies / Tyler Brinkman

Sheep Go To Heaven / Josh "Catfish" Carpenter

Following Our Attractions / Terry Clees

From Skepticism to Joy / Marissa Coblentz

To Love or Not to Love: That is the Nazarene Question / Gloria M. Coffin

I'll Love You...IF / James E. Copple

The Spirit Transforms / Katie A. Donaldson

Judging the Fruit / Buffy Fleece

Why Don't You Just Leave? / jr. forasteros

What the Denomination Said When I Asked if I Could Include LGTBQ+ People / Jonathan J. Foster

They Are Not Hurting Anyone, We Are Hurting Them / Ken Garner

The End of the Othering / Karl Giberson

Be Careful Who You Choose to Exclude, They Might be Someone You Love / Murphy L. Gill

Hey, Nazarenes! Why Can't Everyone Be in Your Big Tent? / Michelle Gill

"But the Bible Says" Is Not Enough / Randall Hartman

Please Just Love / Jessica Hiatt

An Open Letter to the Church of the Nazarene, My Denominational "Mama" / Libby Tedder Hugus

Open and Affirming or Closed and Condemning? / Monty Jackson

Love Does No Harm / Jennifer R. Jensen

The Gospel According to Footloose / Jeff Keoni Lane

The Earth Is Full Already! / Marsha Lynn

Do No Harm as a Wesleyan Ethic for Inclusion / Megan Madsen, nee Krebs

The Jesus Lens / Lon Marshall

Saved, Sanctified... and Gay / Susan Adrian McClung

The Scales Fell Off / Sheila Mee

The LGBTQ+ Community as a New Locus Theologicus / Brian Meyers

The Spirit's Leading Me into More Truth / Rand Michael

Knocking Down Doors / Rebecca Dazet Milne & Paul Dazet

Between a Bad Monologue and a Hard Place / Brian Niece

A Voice in the Wilderness / Charles R. Ovando

Testimony of a Mother / Lisa Perry

Be Like Jesus / Lisa Ponczoch

Fair to my Chair / Todd A. Ponczoch

The Unknown Bundle / Janel Apps Ramsey

An Invitation to Be Transformed / Piper Ramsey-Sumner - We're Harming People In Jesus' Name / Kadee Wirick Smedley

The Stakes are High / Phil Stout

Without Humility, the Church Will Implode / Brad Stover

Hear My Heart / Sharon Stueckle

An Embrace of Love / Tracy Tucker

I'm Younger Than That Now / David van Beveren

Transformation through Friendship / John Wakefield

Let Anyone Accept This Who Can / Adam Wallis -PART III: SCHOLARLY PERSPECTIVES

The Case For Marriage Equality / Bruce Balcom

Some Scriptural Reflections on Same-Sex Relations / Laurie J. Braaten

In the Image of Perfectly Cis-Het Rule Followers / Michael Joseph Brennan

An LGBTQIA+ Proposal to Fix the Nazarene Church Manual / Patti L. Dikes

Negotiating a Positive Interpretation / Forest Fisk

My Interpretative History of Romans 1 / Robert Grider

Engaging a Changing Culture: A Sociological Analysis / John W. Hawthorne

The Sin of Sodom / Dana Robert Hicks

The Church Need Not Survive / Craig Keen

A Hope For Change / Selden Dee Kelley III

Grider's Gridlock: Shall We Honor His Life and Legacy? / Michael Lodahl

See No One As Other / K. Steve McCormick

Dialog / Samuel M. Powell

The Bible Changes What The Bible Accepts / Matthew A. Rundio

Who Would Jesus Exclude? / Wm. Andrew Schwartz

The Gospel Changed Marriage, Not the Gays / Ryan Scott

We Dance the Dance / Kristi J. Attwood-Seaton

The Queerness of the Holy / Eric R. Severson

God's Creative Diversity / Forest Fisk

Holiness is Queer / Bryan P. Stone

Sometimes What You Say Gets in the Way of What You Mean / Kevin M. Talbert

Created in the Image of God: A Polemic Against Todays Crusade / LeeRoy Tomas

On the Biological Sexual Spectrum / Mark Vaughan

True Colors / James Travis Young

Glossary of Terms

Further Resources

Thomas Jay Oord's Response to Accusations.