RELIGION TODAY

With changes in many American denominations, many wonder if gays need a church of their own anymore

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press In this Dec. 2, 2012, photo, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, standing, leads the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 c...

On that Sunday in 1968 when Troy Perry borrowed a minister’s robe and started a church for gays in his living room, the world was a very different place.

Perry’s Metropolitan Community Churches was then a lone spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians, an idea so far from...

Published: 01/02/2013