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Adam's gift : a memoir of a pastor's calling to defy the church's persecution of lesbians and gays / Jimmy Creech.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Creech, Jimmy.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creech, Jimmy.
- United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy--Biography.
- United Methodist Church (U.S.).
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--United Methodist Church (U.S.).
- Homosexuality.
- LGBTQ+ Christians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (390 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The inspiring first-person account of a minister whose ordination credentials were revoked by The United Methodist Church after he performed same-gender commitment ceremonies.
- Contents:
- Adam
- Orientation
- Reorientation
- Stepping off the curb
- A pastor again
- Covenant ceremony
- Hell breaks loose
- Under siege
- Pretrial
- The church on trial
- Aftershock
- New challenges
- Blessing withdrawn
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-25210-4
- 9786613252104
- 0-8223-9361-1
- OCLC:
- 728136582
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