Leaders of the Evangelical Covenant Church voted to defrock a Minneapolis pastor and expel his church for permitting gay marriage. The Rev. Dan Collison had his credentials removed by a 77% vote at the Evangelical Covenant Church's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday night. Leaders also
MINNEAPOLIS — Leaders of the Evangelical Covenant Church voted to defrock a Minneapolis pastor and expel his church for permitting gay marriage.
Collison, who became a pastor at First Covenant in downtown Minneapolis in 2009, told the Star Tribune he was"not surprised" but"saddened" after he was voted out. A First Covenant staff member officiated at an off-site wedding of two women from the church worship band in 2014. It also put out a "love all" statement that said it welcomes members of the LGBTQ community to participate in the church, including serving in leadership roles. It also says it offers pastoral care, including weddings,"to all in our congregation without regard for ability, race, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation.
"The ECC is mindful of the complexity, the sensitivity and the pain that matters of human sexuality can bring," said Michelle Sanchez, an ECC executive minister."We talk about the desire for both freedom and responsibility as a denomination. Those two things were coming into tension in this case."
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