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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 11:45 AM
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Gay ministers show a Uniting front to lead congregations
IT WASN'T a leap of faith but of location and denomination that resulted in the Reverend Ben Gilmour becoming one of the first openly gay ministers appointed to a major branch of the Christian church in Sydney.

Mr Gilmour, who served 10 years as an Anglican minister on the north coast, has joined the Reverend Nicole Fleming as gay ministers leading Uniting Church congregations.

Ms Fleming, 36, was inducted as minister of Balmain Uniting Church last month, and Mr Gilmour, 34, joined Paddington Uniting Church a week later.

Mr Gilmour said he accepted the ''immense hospitality'' of Paddington after his role in an Anglican denomination, which had ''made homosexual ministers the dividing issue of our time'', finally became untenable.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/gay-ministers-show-a-uniting-front-to-lead-congregations-20110821-1j4rf.html
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 12:13 PM
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darkstar3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 02:53 PM
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2. Another schism over a theological question?
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 03:14 PM
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