My original goal was born out of my experience in my church in Wichita, Kansas and the really clear need for more resources that were specifically tailored to a conservative and Evangelical Christian audience. I hadn’t originally planned on writing a book. Religion Dispatches’ Candace Chellew-Hodge spoke with Vines recently about his book. Vines is using his newfound fame to start what he calls The Reformation Project, an initiative to change the church from the grassroots up. That audience has proved less than receptive so far, with Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, penning an entire booklet designed to refute the book’s arguments before it even hit the shelves. That video is the basis of a new book called God and the Gay Christian, specifically tailored for a more conservative, evangelical audience. In 2012 Matthew Vines made a video that went viral no cute kittens, just a speech he gave to his Presbyterian Church USA congregation in Wichita, Kansas, explaining exactly why six pieces of scripture, commonly called the “clobber passages,” do not in any way condemn homosexuality.
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