Mel White Video

Ed Bacon recently asserted on Oprah that being gay is a gift from God. Of course for so many this is a very challenging statement - and for many else it has been extraordinarily helpful to hear. But Ed is not himself gay, and I think it is valuable to hear the stories of gay Christians as we continue to think about all of this. Mel White is an evangelical pastor, and author, who I first learned about from a lecture series by Philip Yancey - author of 'What's So Amazing About Grace?' and "The Jesus I Never Knew." Yancey gives voice to White in his book on Grace, by way of saying that the presence of gay Christians in the Church is a challenge which needs to be taken up mercifully, gracefully and faithfully. This is not all about power politics, pop culture, or New Age spirituality. Just as the 1998 Lambeth Conference called for all Anglicans to listen to gay Christians, I think the following video of Mel White giving his testimony is valuable.