Gereja Presbiterian AS Lantik Pendeta Gay Pertamanya

Ahad, 09 Oktober 2011

Hidayatullah.com--Seorang pria yang pernah mengundurkan diri sebagai pendeta 20 tahun lalu, setelah mengaku gay, kini ditahbiskan kembali. Demikian dilaporkan Associated Press.

Sott Anderson, 56, pada hari Sabtu (08/10/2011) di Covenant Presbyterian Church di Madison, Wisconsin, untuk pertama kalinya kembali berbicara di gereja di hadapan ratusan teman dan pendukungnya.

Anderson pernah bertugas di Sacramento, California, dari tahun 1983 hingga 1990. Saat ada orang yang mengatakan akan mengungkap identitasnya sebagai pelaku homoseksual, Scott mengundurkan diri. Gereja Presbiterian AS ketika itu tidak mengizinkan seorang gay menjadi pendeta.

Namun, pada pertemuan nasional tahun lalu gereja sepakat untuk menghapuskan larangan tersebut. Hal itu membuka jalan bagi Anderson untuk ditahbiskan kembali.*

iman indah wrote:

Ahad, 09 Oktober 2011

Hidayatullah.com--Seorang pria yang pernah mengundurkan diri sebagai pendeta 20 tahun lalu, setelah mengaku gay, kini ditahbiskan kembali. Demikian dilaporkan Associated Press.

Sott Anderson, 56, pada hari Sabtu (08/10/2011) di Covenant Presbyterian Church di Madison, Wisconsin, untuk pertama kalinya kembali berbicara di gereja di hadapan ratusan teman dan pendukungnya.

Anderson pernah bertugas di Sacramento, California, dari tahun 1983 hingga 1990. Saat ada orang yang mengatakan akan mengungkap identitasnya sebagai pelaku homoseksual, Scott mengundurkan diri. Gereja Presbiterian AS ketika itu tidak mengizinkan seorang gay menjadi pendeta.

Namun, pada pertemuan nasional tahun lalu gereja sepakat untuk menghapuskan larangan tersebut. Hal itu membuka jalan bagi Anderson untuk ditahbiskan kembali.*

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jiseskrais wrote:Mungkin sebentar lagi bakalan ada pendeta dari species banci. :04: :04:
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sedikit ulasan huahahaha:
1. baca yang jelas dong......
scott mengaku homoseksual....
makanya dia mengundurkan diri..........
karena merasa tidak pantas...

kalau dari awal boleh homoseksual pasti dia tidak perlu keluar toh? huahahaahaha

2. scott kembali akan kembali bertugas...
tapi dia akan selibat...
dia akan menyimpan orientasi seksualnya sendiri...

3. banyak yang menentang dari gerejanya....
karena tidak homoseksualitas tidak sesuai dengan ajaran krsiten
yang mengajarkan 1 laki-laki untuk 1 perempuan.....

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sedikit informasi tambahan dari artikel yang cuma dipotong seperempatnya...supaya bisa di tafsir berbeda...
huahahahahaha..


nih versi aslinya...


dari:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/08/gay-ordination-wisconsin_n_1001462.html

Scott Anderson, 1st Gay Minister Ordained in Wisconsin Presbyterian Church



SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. -- More than two decades after Scott Anderson told
his California congregation that he was gay and therefore must resign as
its pastor, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) is preparing to welcome him
back with mostly open arms.


Anderson will be ordained Saturday in his new home of Madison, Wis.,
as the denomination's first openly gay minister, marking the latest
mainline Protestant church to move toward accepting homosexual
relationships.

During a recent interview, Anderson, 56, recalled being in
the closet from 1983 to 1990 while serving as a minister in Sacramento.
He told the congregation the truth and resigned as pastor after a couple
learned he was gay and tried to use the information against him.


"That was really the best and worst moment of my life," Anderson
said. "It was the best because I was able to claim for the first time
who I was as a gay man. That was incredibly empowering. But there was
also the sadness, the grief of leaving the ministry and what I loved."


Saturday's ordination at Covenant Presbyterian Church was made
possible by decades of debate over whether openly gay people should be
allowed to serve in the church. The church constitution used to include
language requiring that clergy live "in fidelity within the covenant of
marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness."


The Presbyterian national assembly last year endorsed removing that
rule. The change was approved in May by a majority of the denomination's
173 regional church bodies.


Jennifer Sauer, who attends Anderson's church, said she was thrilled about his upcoming ordination.


"Anyone who knows Scott sees his extraordinary gift of ministry, his
ability to preach the word, his compassion, his humility," said Sauer,
41, of Madison. "If there have been any negative rumblings at all, I
sure haven't heard about it."


But some conservatives who disapprove of ordaining homosexuals have
threatened to leave, said Tom Hay, the director of operations for the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A).


"The
Episcopalians, the Lutherans, the United Church of Christ have all made
this step and all have experienced losses," he said. "I would expect we
will, too. I would grieve that and hope we can find better solutions
than to break apart."


Several reasons have been cited for the loosened restrictions: the
trend in broader American society toward accepting same-sex
relationships, decreased interest in continuing the debate, and the
departure of some conservative churches from presbyteries, which changed
the balance of votes in some regions.


Anderson said he felt a calling to the ministry when he was a
sophomore in high school, several years before he became aware of his
sexual preference.


But he wasn't convinced of his career decision. He studied political
science at the University of California, Davis and considered a law
career. Eventually, he decided to attend a seminary.


"In my first year there I fell in love with another man," he said.
"At that point I had to make a decision: Do I follow the call and stay
in the closet, or come out and be honest about who I am and leave the
seminary?"


At that point the calling was strong enough that he remained. But
when he was later forced to come out he was in emotional turmoil. He
expected anger and rejection when he told his congregation of about 400
he would leave, perhaps for graduate school. Instead he received love
and affirmation – along with a check to cover the entire two years of
schooling.


He spent a year away from the church coming to grips with who he was
as an outed gay man. His parents were shocked at first but became more
supportive as they realized he was the same person they'd always known.


Eventually, Anderson found his way back to a different Presbyterian
congregation. Despite his previous experiences, he said being
Presbyterian was part of his spiritual DNA.


He remained active in church life, and is now executive director of
the Wisconsin Council of Churches in Sun Prairie, near Madison. His
ordination means he'll be ordained to the specific job he already has.
That means the only change is that he'll now be able to administer
sacraments such as communion. He could also become a parish minister, a
role he said he might consider in three or four years.


Anderson said he was grateful about his upcoming ordination. He
predicted the trend would make the Presbyterian church stronger in the
long run.


"It really says to the wider culture, here we have a church that not
only talks about being created in the image of God and you're all
created to be in relationship with one another, but also wants to live
that message," he said. "That's going to give the Presbyterian church a
lot more integrity in its witness to the Christian faith."