WE WELCOME ALL ... Wink Wink?
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Great harm is inflicted every time a non-affirming church uses the bait & switch buzzwords “WE WELCOME EVERYONE" to imply that an LGBTQ+ person, a gay couple or family could be who they truly are and still be welcomed into the full life and fellowship of the church. This is harmful because the church is setting these people up for the inevitable crash into the impenetrable dividing wall. What wall you ask? The wall that says you can come to church, sit in the pews and even have some friends in our church, but you can't ever be involved in any meaningful teaching, leading, or in any up front role if you are (what they term) a “practicing homosexual.” Uggg! Let me stop here and tell you how much I despise that awful phrase!
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