Respected teacher of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) Richard Rohr, quasi-universalist Roman Catholic priest, Red Letter Christian, and spokesman for Emergence Christianity – the latest wave of the Emerging Church aka Emergent Church – says of the aggressively pro-homosexual group Soulforce:

Brothers and Sisters of the Church:

What is more important than to follow Jesus? Is that not our final and fundamental authority for everything that we do, either as leadership or membership in the church? Apart from understandable disagreements on specifics, details, how, when, and where, we all the know the WHAT. Jesus came to draw us all into union with God, whom he called his Father…

At last we have a group of dedicated Christians who are willing to use disciplined and Christian means of nonviolent protest against its church’s failure to live the Gospel… SOULFORCE must take the role of John the Beloved,… Our gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered brothers and sisters have been left outside of his realm of grace for far too long…  (Online source, emphasis mine)

This is clearly to accept that someone unrepentant in their homosexuality, and who believes that this deviant lifestyle of sexual immorality with members of the same sex is not sinful, is a Christian in right standing with God. For those who don’t know Soulforce:

is named after Gandhi’s term “satyagraha”, which means “truth force” or “life force”… [And o]ne day we want to be in community with those in which we currently find ourselves divided… (Online source)

Soulforce was co-founded by two men, Mel White and Gary Nixon, who also happen to be “Christian” homosexual lovers:

 During the past six years, Mel White and his partner, Gary Nixon, have traveled across the country, speaking on university campuses, teaching the “soul force” principles of Gandhi and King, organizing people of faith…the Rev. Dr. Mel White was awarded the ACLU’s National Civil Liberties Award for his efforts to apply the “soul force” principles of Gandhi and King to the struggle for justice for sexual minorities.

Currently, Mel is writing a sequel to his best-selling autobiography, Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay And Christian In America… For 30 years, Dr. White had served the evangelical Christian community as a pastor, seminary professor, best-selling author, prize-winning filmmaker, communication consultant and ghost writer to its most famous and powerful leaders…

Mel and Gary met and fell in love fifteen years ago at All Saints Episcopal Church where Mel served on the vestry and Gary sang baritone in the Coventry Choir… Dr. White has dedicated his life to a ministry of change. “Until this nation accepts God’s gay and lesbian children as full members of the human family,” White explains, “we must go on telling that truth in love, whatever it might cost us.” (Online source)

Yeah, I’m is sure that it’s just a crazy coincidence when people like Richard Rohr are now being pushed forward into mainstream evangelicalism through the partnerships and recommendations they receive with/from leaders in the Emerging/ent/ence Church. And if you really believe that; it’s probably not a very good idea to be purchasing any unseen large bridges in the U.K.

See also:

WHO IS RICHARD ROHR?

REV. MEGAN ROHRER ON GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

MAINSTREAM EVANGELICALISM NOW ON THE RAPID SLIDE TO APOSTASY

THE NEW CHRISTIANS WITH CHRISTIANITY WORTH BELIEVING—NO SOLA SCRIPTURA: YES, WOMEN PASTORS AND QUEER CHRISTIANS

ROB BELL, PETER ROLLINS, AND QUEERMERGENT’S ADELE SAKLER

BUT DO EMERGENCE CHRISTIANITY AND BRIAN MCLAREN REALLY LOVE GAY PEOPLE?

Q&A FOR “GAY AFFIRMING” EMERGING CHURCH PASTOR JAY BAKKER