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Author Creech, Jimmy.

Title Adam's gift : a memoir of a pastor's calling to defy the church's persecution of lesbians and gays / Jimmy Creech
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 361 pages) : color illustrations
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-- Hell breaks loose -- Under siege -- Pretrial -- The church on trial -- Aftershock -- New challenges -- Blessing withdrawn -- Epilogue
Summary An autobiographical account of the events leading to the defrocking of Pastor Jimmy Creech, who won national recognition for his efforts to perform commitment ceremonies for gay couples in the Methodist Church
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Creech, Jimmy.
SUBJECT Creech, Jimmy
Creech, Jimmy fast
Subject United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Clergy -- Biography
SUBJECT United Methodist Church (U.S.) fast
Subject Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- United Methodist Church (U.S.)
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Methodist.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
Clergy
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822393610
0822393611
1283252104
9781283252102
9786613252104
6613252107