Anthony Venn-Brown Gay Pentecostal Preacher pt2

Anthony Venn-Brown is Australia’s first openly gay Pentecostal preacher. He was a leading minister in the Australian Assemblies of God Church before resigning his post after coming out. He is currently an active member of Hillsong in Sydney.He is the author of A Life of Unlearning which won the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association Literary award in 2004. The book was revised and updated in 2007.In 2007 Anthony Venn-Brown was voted as being one of the most 25 influential Gay and Lesbian people in Australia.Venn-Brown is a Co-founder and Convenor of Freedom 2 B[e]. The stated mission of Freedom 2 B[e] is to create a global network of GLBTIQ people from Pentecostal and Charismatic backgrounds that helps them resolve issues of faith and sexuality and creates understanding and acceptance.In 2007 Freedom 2 B(e) gay Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians and their supporters marched in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for the first time.In part two of this interview Anthony talks about how he fell in love with a man and confessed his adultery infront of 800 people from his church before resigning his ministry.He discusses how the church reacted to his homosexuality and talks about his autobiography A Life of Unlearning.Anthony discusses the Bible’s attitude towards being homosexuality as opposed to that of the church. You may surprised at what he has to say.

Author: kensington25
Keywords: anthony venn-brown christian christianity church gay homosexual homosexuality religion hillsong god
Added: January 20, 2008