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Exile or embrace? : congregations discerning their response to gay and lesbian Christians

Author
Siler, Mahan.
Title
Exile or embrace? : congregations discerning their response to gay and lesbian Christians / Mahan Siler.
Format
Book
Published
Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 2005.
Description
192 p. ; 23 cm.
URL
<Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005022480.html
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192). Paperback.
Contents
  • Section I : The Pullen story : a pastoral journal
  • The alarm of AIDS
  • The power of story
  • Public reactions
  • Continuing education
  • Pullen going public
  • The gathering storm
  • Backing into a whirlwind
  • The eye of the storm
  • The hurricane's backside
  • The storm subsiding
  • The parting of ways
  • Section II : Leading the process
  • Readiness
  • Anticipating the stages
  • Leadership
  • Creating a plan
  • Implementing the plan
  • Section III : Study guide
  • Session 1 : gathering and clarifying your purpose
  • Session 2 : readiness
  • Session 3 : anticipating the stages
  • Session 4 : leadership
  • Session 5 : creating a plan (part 1)
  • Session 6 : creating a plan (part 2)
  • Session 7 : implementing the plan
  • Session 8 : concluding the study.
Subject headings
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church (Raleigh, N.C.)--Case studies.
Kinsey subjects
Religious attitudes on homosexuality. Homosexuality. Religion.
ISBN
0829816305 (alk. paper) 9780829816303 (alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
532.5 S55 e8 2005
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute