| 词条 | Gay Apostolic Pentecostals |
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HistoryThe movement to create gay-affirming churches had begun in 1968 with the founding of the Metropolitan Community Church.[3] NGPA and ARMThe movement to create LGBT-affirming Apostolic or Oneness Pentecostal churches began in 1980 in the city of Schenectady, New York.[4] The founder of the affirming Apostolic movement, Reverend William H. Carey, envisioned an international network of affirming Apostolic churches, including the more fundamentalist theology inherent with such churches. He began what was known as the National Gay Pentecostal Alliance (NGPA). The organization opened its first church in Omaha, Nebraska in 1981. The first three ministers were Carey, E. Samuel Stafford, and Frances Cervantes. Later in 1983 the Reverend Sandy Lewis,District Elder, and Reverend Phildora Prigmore came into the NGPA organization in Tucson, Az to further the movement. [5] Although NGPA was an Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal organization, due to the lack of affirming Trinitarian Pentecostal churches, NGPA originally welcomed all affirming Pentecostals to belong to their churches.[2] Once Trinitarian Pentecostals began to organize their own churches, NGPA became fully Apostolic.[1][2] The Apostolic Intercessory Ministries (AIM) was formed in 1999 by Rev. Sandy Lewis, Rev. Phildora Prigmore, and Rev. Donald Rollins. This offshoot of the NGPA was organized to help establish new churches.[6] In August 2003, AIM officially joined with the NGPA under the new name Apostolic Restoration Mission (ARM). AIM retained its name as a discrete mission within the ARM organization.[6] FRPIThe Fellowship of Reconciling Pentecostals International (FRPI) got its start in 1998 in Little Rock, Arkansas with a meeting of five Apostolic ministers who were interested in forming an affirming Pentecostal ministry. Following a second meeting in Fall 1999 in Tampa, Florida, two of the ministers, Douglas E. Clanton and Robert L. Morgan, officially organized the FRPI in Tampa in June 2000.[7] The organization was incorporated in 2003,[8] and is currently headquartered in LaPorte, Indiana. The FRPI is affiliated with seven churches in the US and the Philippines.[9] CNAbout the same time the FRPI was being formed, another organization was coming together in Atlanta, Georgia. The Covenant Network was initially formed in 1998 by Randy and Johnny Layton-Morgan.[10] The Covenant Network is currently affiliated with 18 churches and a variety of missions in the US, Australia, and South Africa.[11] GAAAPThe Global Alliance of Affirming Apostolic Pentecostals (GAAAP) was formed in 2007 in Tampa, Florida. In March 2010, ARM merged with the larger GAAAP under the GAAAP name. At their 2011 annual conference, the alliance reformed under a new Constitution and Bylaws and consecrated their first Presiding Bishop and Assistant Bishop. GAAAP currently has ministries in four countries.[12] APCIThe Affirming Pentecostal Church International has 32 churches in the US and ministries in 24 countries.[13] AIMSince God called Rev. William H. Carey to found the Apostolic Institute of Ministry in 1981, students from across the United States and around the world have been enrolled in his enlightened classes. Now called Affirming Institutes of Ministry, the time honored tradition continues in our online courses for ministers, future ministers, and students of the Word under Rev.Gem Embrey. [14] TheologyLGBT-affirming Apostolic Pentecostals share the same basic doctrinal beliefs as other Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostals. These include the Oneness of God, the plan of salvation consisting of repentance, water baptism by immersion in Jesus' name for the forgiveness of sins, and receiving the infilling of the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues. One major area of difference is the belief that homosexuality is not sinful, and that God blesses same-sex marriage.[15][16][17] Affirming Apostolics maintain that scripture in the original languages did not condemn homosexuality, but did record same-sex marriage.[18][19][20] This view is disputed by mainline Apostolics, who view homosexuality as sinful and satanic in origin.[21]References1. ^1 {{cite book | title=Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing| last=Comstock| first=Gary David| date=1996| pages=74| publisher=Continuum| isbn=978-0826414298}} 2. ^1 2 20th Century Pentecostal History, part of the Ministerial Training Course of the Apostolic Institute of Ministry (AIM). AIM is the educational division of the Affirming Pentecostal Church. 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/devotionals/loving-god?view=article&id=388:can-christians-be-gay&catid=146|title=Can Christians Be Gay?|accessdate=2014-10-27|publisher=Charisma Media|year=2014|author=Bickle, Mike|work=Charisma Magazine}} 4. ^{{cite book | title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts: 1984| last=Newspaper Enterprises| date=1983| pages=353| publisher=Doubleday| isbn=978-0385189989}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/apostolic_pentecostals,2.html |title=Affirming Apostolic Organizations |accessdate=2014-10-29 |publisher=glbtq, Inc. |year=2011 |author=Claude J. Summers (ed.) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730075528/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/apostolic_pentecostals,2.html |archivedate=2012-07-30 |df= }} 6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.apostolicrestorationmission.4t.com/id25.htm|title=Apostolic Restoration Mission: Church History|accessdate=2014-10-27|publisher=Apostolic Restoration Mission}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rpifellowship.com/home.html|title=Fellowship of Reconciling Pentecostals International|accessdate=2014-10-27|publisher=RFPI}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://starpas.azcc.gov/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wsbroker1/names-detail.p?name-id=10797838&type=CORPORATION|title=Arizona Corporation Commission|accessdate=2014-10-28}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rpifellowship.com/directory.html|title=FRPI Directory of Ministers and Churches|accessdate=2014-10-28}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.newcovenantatlanta.com/Network/cndirectors.htmll|title=Covenant Network: About Us|accessdate=2014-10-29}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://thecovenantnetwork.com/churches/|title=Covenant Network Churches|accessdate=2014-10-29}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaaap.net/our-history.html|title=Our History|accessdate=2014-10-27|publisher=GAAAP}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://myapci.net/apc/directory/|title=APCI Directory|accessdate=2014-10-29}} 14. ^Cite web [url=www.aim2grow.org] 15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaaap.net/our-faith.html|title=Our Faith|accessdate=2014-10-29}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rpifellowship.com/statement-of-faith.html|title=Statement of Faith|accessdate=2014-10-29}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://thecovenantnetwork.com/about/beliefs/|title=Beliefs|accessdate=2014-10-29}} 18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoperemains.webs.com/|title=Hope Remains: Homosexuality and the Bible|accessdate=2014-10-29|year=2007}} 19. ^{{cite book | title=Gay and Christian? Yes!| last=Carey| first=William H.| date=2013| pages=1–70| publisher=Lighthouse Ministries| isbn=9781257259571}} 20. ^{{cite book | title=Good News for Modern Gays: A Pro-Gay Biblical Approach| last=Pennington| first=Sylvia| date=1985| pages=1–214| publisher=Lambda Lite Productions| isbn=978-9996558696}} 21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljc.org/pdf/ALJC-Constitution.pdf|title=Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ Articles of Faith and General Constitution|accessdate=2014-10-30|publisher=ALJC|year=14|format=PDF}} External links
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