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Woke Pastor Tells Church: ‘My LGBTQ friends are MORE important to me than what the bible says’
Protestia ^ | September 6, 2025 | staff

Posted on 09/06/2025 12:26:38 PM PDT by Morgana

Josh Hilburn is the lead pastor of Gather Houston. Founded in 2019, they are a “Christian community of healing passionate about inclusion, justice, and practicing the way of Jesus” with a wild confession of faith.

At a recent Q & A, he was asked about the church’s beliefs on homosexuality. In a refreshingly honest take, Hilburn explained that he cares more about what his LGBTQ friends and family think and feel than what the bible says:

It’s important to me what the Bible says about it. It is. I love the Bible. I preach from it every week. It’s very important to me what the Bible says about it.

But

We say every week that we want the kind of faith that the people in front of us are more important than our beliefs. And the people I know and love, my LGBTQ friends and family members, more important to me. They’re more important to me than what the Bible says.

…And so for me, if we stand here and say every week that the people in front of us are more important than our beliefs, there’s a big group of people that are really struggling and I want to be affirming adults for them no matter what.

So you can disagree with me about what the Bible says, but there’s a whole big group of people that for me are not up for debate.”

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1 posted on 09/06/2025 12:26:38 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Do people really attend these so-called churches?


2 posted on 09/06/2025 12:27:53 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Morgana

Unfortunately, Sir, God is more important than the pleasure of any friends. II Timothy 3:4


3 posted on 09/06/2025 12:28:36 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: PGR88

I guess so


4 posted on 09/06/2025 12:32:05 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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Basically pick your own religion..but please stop saying you’re Christan or bible based...this guy is a pagan.


5 posted on 09/06/2025 12:35:20 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Morgana

Can someone please tell this pastor that there is NO gay gene?


6 posted on 09/06/2025 12:35:59 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Morgana

Morons like this subsist on false dichotomies.


7 posted on 09/06/2025 12:38:56 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Morgana

He’s announcing the beginning of his loss of faith.


8 posted on 09/06/2025 12:40:08 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Morgana

I would think that bringing his BLTQXYZ friends to a better understanding God’s word and our meaning and purpose in the world would be his higher priority.

Orthodox clergy have always stood on “Hate the sin, love the sinner.” Run the traplines as you wish. When it arises, I usually steer this conversation to Jesus and the woman at the well. He forgave her, but also told her to go and sin no more. The sin, guilt, repentance thing is kinda basic.

Woke clergy now insists that to love the sinner, we must embrace the sin lest the sinner feel guilt, shame, or any call to change. There is no God higher than our own desires and ego. Which is the usual interpretation of what the serpent told Eve in the Garden of Eden.

The liberal churches have gone over into the service of the serpent, who is now to be regarded as the revealer of mysteries and the liberator of mankind, not the Great Deceiver and the father of lies.


9 posted on 09/06/2025 12:45:50 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Morgana

The Bible was never important to you. If it was you would try to save your friends’ souls rather than encouraging their error.


10 posted on 09/06/2025 12:46:55 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
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To: Morgana

Another “Jim Jones Christian”.


11 posted on 09/06/2025 12:47:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88

Sadly….yes.


12 posted on 09/06/2025 12:52:11 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Morgana

“At a recent Q & A, he was asked about the church’s beliefs on homosexuality. In a refreshingly honest take, Hilburn explained that he cares more about what his LGBTQ friends and family think and feel than what the bible says”.

Says it all.


13 posted on 09/06/2025 12:55:25 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: AppyPappy

Seems more like he’d never had faith to begin with. He is just announcing his true allegiance.


14 posted on 09/06/2025 12:59:13 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher )
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I’d think he could have gone for a better line of work if this was how he felt. You don’t see a lot of vegetarians working in butcher shops


15 posted on 09/06/2025 1:01:41 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: chajin

Well said.


16 posted on 09/06/2025 1:36:59 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: cherry

👍 👍👍👍👍


17 posted on 09/06/2025 1:37:13 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. We are a family of aviators. )
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To: AppyPappy
He’s announcing the beginning of his loss of faith.

Are we sure he had any faith to begin with?

18 posted on 09/06/2025 1:40:44 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. We are a family of aviators. )
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To: Morgana

It’s not often you hear of someone condemning their self to Hell.


19 posted on 09/06/2025 1:49:11 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: PGR88

I don’t know, but he shouldn’t be allowed near any children!


20 posted on 09/06/2025 2:02:46 PM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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