by Roy A. Blankenship | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Personal Chronicles
In my early ministry at First Baptist and career as a mental health professional, I promoted mixed orientation marriage and celibacy as the two options for a gay Christian. I didn’t realize at the time that my loyalty to conservative evangelical theological...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Mar 9, 2019 | Let's Get Into It, Podcasts
On February 17, 2019, Pastor Ray Waters at the Village Church in Atlanta interviewed me. We discussed my life history regarding being a Christian gay man, including my coming-out experience. Although brief, it gives an overview of how I new I was different at age 10,...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Feb 25, 2019 | Featured, LGBTQIA
Recently, someone I care a lot about told me, “I’ll take you to task on that! Just go back to the beginning in Genesis Chapter 2.”. Their comment was in response to my statement: “There is a Christian theology of human sexuality that includes a...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Feb 21, 2019 | Personal Chronicles
An interview with Pastor Ray Waters on 2/17/2019. Click here to see slides that were used during this...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Feb 8, 2019 | Featured, Personal Chronicles
The church is “the Body of Christ”. I love Jesus, and I love His church. I have spent most of my adult life as a member of the Body of Christ, serving people who make up “the Body of Christ”, while also ministering to those who do not yet know Jesus. Based on some...