Name Chris Glaser | Education Yale Divinity School | |
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Books The Word is out, Coming out to God, Uncommon calling, Reformation of the Heart, The Final Deadline: What Dea | ||
Officer dani lee harris and chris glaser at atlanta gay pride 2009
Chris Glaser has been an activist in the movement for full inclusion of LGBT Christians in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), or PCUSA, for over 30 years. He is currently a minister in the Metropolitan Community Church, or MCC.
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- Officer dani lee harris and chris glaser at atlanta gay pride 2009
- Remembering chris glaser
- Education
- Presbyterian ministry
- MCC ministry
- Interim Minister at Virginia Highland Church 2009 2010
- Writings
- References
Remembering chris glaser
Education
Glaser graduated from Yale University Divinity School with a M.Div. degree in 1977. While still a student there in 1974, he formed a support group for gay Christians. In 1976, during an intern at University of Pennsylvania, he founded a peer counseling service for gay and lesbian people.
From 1976-77, he served as the only openly gay man on the Presbyterian Task Force to Study Homosexuality, and the rejection of its gay tolerant conclusions by the Church meant that Glaser himself was refused ordination as clergy by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1978.
Presbyterian ministry
After leaving Yale without his ordination, he created and served (from 1978-1987) as Director of Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the lesbian and gay community in Los Angeles, funded by the Presbyterian Church (USA). He also worked with as a national coordinator and editor for Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (now known as More Light Presbyterians) and their newsletter, More Light Update.
MCC ministry
He began serving MCC San Francisco as Interim Pastor on November 1, 2006, having been ordained by this denomination. He has also served as Interim Pastor of Christ Covenant MCC in Decatur, Georgia.
Interim Minister at Virginia-Highland Church (2009-2010)
Rev. Glaser served as interim pastor of Virginia-Highland Church in Atlanta, GA from January 1, 2009 until mid-2010.[1]
Writings
Glaser is a leading writer in the field of Queer Theology.
His published works include
Between 1998 and 2002, the year it ceased publication, Glaser edited Open Hands, a quarterly magazine for congregations welcoming of LGBT people in seven mainline Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada.
He has also published articles in such national publications as Christianity & Crisis, The Christian Century, and The Advocate, Newsweek.