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What Pronouns Should Christians Use For Transgender People?

June 16, 2018

Gregory Coles is on the Collaborative Team for The Center. His academic research on rhetorics of marginality (how language works in society for disadvantaged groups) has appeared in or is...

Why Christians Need to Think about Polyamory

June 7, 2018

By Preston Sprinkle

I often get asked, “what’s the next discussion that Christians need to have about sexuality and gender?” My immediate answer is: “polyamory,” though the morality of sex...

What is Marriage?

May 4, 2018

By Preston Sprinkle

When Christians dialogue or debate the ethics of same-sex relationships, they typically start by talking about the so-called “prohibition passages” like Leviticus 18:22...

Partner Spotlight: EQUIP

March 10, 2018

The following blog is written by Pieter Valk. Pieter is a member of our Collaborative Team, and is the executive director of EQUIP, a Nashville based organization that helps the church to love ...

Let's talk about MOMs

February 13, 2018

The following blog is written by Pieter Valk. Pieter is the executive director of Equip, which is a Nashville based organization that helps the church to love sexual minorities.

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Jesus is Strategic

February 13, 2018

The following blog is written by Pieter Valk. Pieter is the executive director of Equip, which is a Nashville based organization that helps the church to love sexual minorities.

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How should Christians Respond to Sex Reassignment Surgery and Hormone Therapy?

December 18, 2017

Dr. Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky are on the Collaborative Team for The Center. Learn more about each of our team members by clicking here.

How should Christians respond to...

The High Cost of Low-Cost Weddings

November 21, 2017

*The following blog is written by Dr. Branson Parler. Branson is an ordained pastor in the Reformed Church of America and a professor of Theological Studies at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, MI...

Guidance for Churches on Membership, Baptism, Communion, Leadership, and Service for Gay and Lesbian People

November 15, 2017

Joshua Ryan Butler is on the Collaborative Team for The Center and serves as Pastor of Local and Global Outreach at Imago Dei Community in Portland, OR. You can read his whole bio by...

What Our Weddings Say about Marriage

October 31, 2017

The following blog is written by Dr. Branson Parler. Branson is an ordained elder in the Reformed Church of America and a professor of Theological Studies at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, MI....

Should Christians Attend a Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony?

October 28, 2017

Should Christians attend a same-sex wedding ceremony? This is one of the most common questions that pastors and leaders are being asked. And, to lay my cards out upfront, I don’t think there is...

A Christian Perspective on Parenting a Gay Child

October 22, 2017

For a decade now, Christian parents have been asking my wife and me for help in parenting their gay kids. As a Christian dad of a gay son, I wish there had been someone to talk me through the...