Lamenting the church’s historic rejection of LGBTQ people | Opinion
Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church stands in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.The horrible crime where a man murdered five people at Club Q in Colorado Springs raises the question of how evangelical Christians will respond. The killings resurface previous hurts.
Ironically, 2,000 years ago, it was Jesus himself who said, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.”Therefore, it makes sense that a lack of love undermines Christianity’s credibility.
Jesus blessed marriage as a union between one man and one woman in a life-long loving commitment to be faithful to each other. And he also lovingly embraced a woman who had five husbands, and another who had been unfaithful to her husband. Grace and truth meet in love, which Jesus said was the greatest command, and the Apostle Paul proclaimed as the greatest virtue.
Deep inside, people raised as Christians realize that it can’t be right when churches do not warmly welcome LGBTQ people. Sadly, that inner discomfort leads some to deconstruct their entire Christian faith. If the church is wrong about embracing gay and trans people, maybe it’s wrong about the whole Christian faith.
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