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 James Matthews | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
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 | 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...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Jan 21, 2019 | Personal Chronicles
It’s really a very private and personal thing, but I wanted to take opportunity, for those of you who have known me over the past years, to invite you to my wedding this summer. If you would like to come, please reach out to me and I will send you an invitation. I...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Jan 21, 2019 | Personal Chronicles
Recently, I was privileged to interview with Daresha Kyi in a documentary she is doing on the harm done to people who undergo conversion therapy or reparative therapy. That film will be released sometime in 2019. I look forward to sharing it with you then. In this...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Jan 21, 2019 | Personal Chronicles
Over the course of the past 25 years as a minister and ministry leader, I have worked with LGBTQIA persons who were trying to survive in the conservative, evangelical, fundamental religious contexts in which they were raised. We worked together to try and gain a level...
by Roy A. Blankenship | Jan 21, 2019 | Personal Chronicles
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing.Zephaniah 3:17 English Standard Version (ESV) For everyone...
