Monday, October 10, 2011

First openly gay Presbyterian minister re-joins church after 20 year exile


A man who left his Presbyterian ministry in California more than 20 years ago after telling his congregation that he is gay was welcomed back into the church leadership on Saturday as its first openly gay ordained minister.
In a quavering voice ripe with emotion, 56-year-old Scott Anderson told the hundreds of friends and backers who packed Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison, Wisconsin for his ordination ceremony that he never thought the day would come.
'To the thousands of Presbyterians who have worked and prayed for almost 40 years for this day, I give thanks,' Anderson said.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047098/Scott-Anderson-First-openly-gay-minister-joins-church-20-year-exile.html#ixzz1aPKXpEjc

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