Defrocked : how a father's act of love shook the United Methodist Church / Franklyn Schaefer.

In Defrocked, Frank Schaefer tells the story of officiating at his son's same-sex marriage and, six years later, his subsequent trial by a United Methodist court. That trial stripped Schaefer of his ordination after more than 20 years of ministry in the nation's largest mainline Protestant...

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Main Author: Schaefer, Franklyn.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:St. Louis : Chalice Press, 2014.
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520 |a In Defrocked, Frank Schaefer tells the story of officiating at his son's same-sex marriage and, six years later, his subsequent trial by a United Methodist court. That trial stripped Schaefer of his ordination after more than 20 years of ministry in the nation's largest mainline Protestant denomination. 
505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright ; Contents; Prologue; Deep Roots; Becoming a Minister; Finding the Methodist Church; My Son Is Gay; Zion of Iona; Tim's Wedding; Worship Wars; The First Accusation; The Concerned Group -- The Second Accusation; Registered Junk Mail; Initial Support; Lawyering Up; A Leave of Absence and a Mass Departure; Raising Defense Funds; On the Home Front; Meanwhile, Back at the Church; Preparing for the Trial; The Trial, Day One; Guilty; The Trial, Day Two; Go Defrock Yourself; The Aftermath; My Family's Continued Journey. 
505 8 |a Five Points for the Church's Struggle with HomosexualityMy Future; Epilogue; Response; Appendix: Excerpt from Trial Transcript. 
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