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Honoree
Stole Text
ANONYMOUS
A GAY ASSOCIATE PASTOR
INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Indianapolis, Indiana
On December 31, 1978 at an Urbana Missions Conference I distinctly heard God calling me to fulltime urban ministry. I began this ministry in 1981 at an urban church on the near east side of Indianapolis, the neighborhood I grew up in. This was an area of high crime and prostitution. Our church was located in the the very center of all the action. I began my ministry by working with the youth in the neighborhood and the nearby urban high school. By the end of the second year, I began to fill the role of Associate Pastor. I stayed in this position for nine years. All through this time, I felt a deep sorrow in my heart. I could not understand how God could love and reject me at the same time. I felt desires for men, which were, supposedly, condemned in the Scriptures. Finally, after many tearful prayers to God I left my ministry to pursue a career in Education. I left my job, I felt, as a failure to God and his kingdom.
I am now healing and experiencing the love of Christ unconditionally.
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Contribution Story
This stole, which I received at an interfaith conference in Indianapolis, is as of this writing the only stole in the collection representing a member of the Independent Christian Church.
Martha Juillerat
Founder, Shower of Stoles Project
2006