"An Unusual Ordination"

"An Unusual Ordination"

Newspaper clipping from Our Town (October 22, 1978) describing the ordination of Fathers Mark, Paul, Victor, Gabriel, and Philip by Bishop Robert Mary Clement at the Church of the Beloved Disciple. The article recounts how the five men—many of whom had been denied ordination or ministry elsewhere because of their sexual orientation—found a vocation within the Church of the Beloved Disciple, where they were ordained to serve openly as priests. It provides a rare contemporary account of the congregation's inclusive theology and its pioneering role in the development of an openly LGBTQ Christian ministry.

Church of the Beloved Disciple Archive, https://beloved-disciple.com

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