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LGBTQ Inclusion in the Church - a moderate viewpoint

Thinking about the inclusion/conditional inclusion/exclusion question. George Epp January, 2015 The following are my personal ponderings on the LGBTQ question that threatens to divide us while seeming at the same time to admit of no compromise. My observations are based on my personal history of trying in fits and starts to practice what Christ taught, my growing up in Eigenheim, my participation in the Thompson United Mennonite Church for 15 years,   25 years of work in public schools, 3 years of service in the European Mennonite communities under MCC, a great deal of reading on related subjects and two years as MC SASK moderator during which time I had opportunities to visit numerous congregations and listen to their expressions of faith. I would also add that 7 years as chair of the RJC board working with the staff was enlightening; RJC has evolved as a school that tries very hard to take young people as they are when they come and to build on the possibilities each pr