Bigot Bryan Carter, nationally prominent homophobe, of Concord Church celebrated by the Dallas Morning News.
The Executive Pastor of his church is Dallas City Council member Zarin Gracey, but that didn't keep Stonewall Democrats from endorsing Gracey.
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“Concord Church in Dallas Celebrates pastor’s 20th anniversary,” DMN story title.
The story is about Rev. Bryan Carter and his 20th anniversary as being a pastor for Concord Church.
It is full of praises, what it doesn’t mention is Bryan Carter’s very active and nationally prominent homophobia. It should be surprising with the Dallas Morning News editorial policies that Christian nationalism is thriving in Texas.
Concord Church in Dallas online presence
his is their webpage.
https://www.concorddallas.org/
This is their linktr https://linktr.ee/concorddallas
https://www.instagram.com/concorddallas/
https://twitter.com/concorddallas
Bryan L. Carter Senior Pastor of Concord Church Dallas online presence.
https://twitter.com/mrbryanlcarter
https://www.instagram.com/mrbryanlcarter/
Carter is a nationally prominent homophobe.
Pastor Carter won’t marry same-sex couples is the topic of this 2019 New York Times article.
It is about his church offering free weddings to couples living together. Pastor Carter won’t marry same-sex couples.
To date, no same-sex couples have volunteered for the challenge. If they did, Mr. Carter said, he would refer them to a different church to be married. Though Concord welcomes the L.G.B.T.Q. community, he said, “our church believes in more traditional model of marriage.”
This is one reason some religious leaders are not so enthusiastic about Mr. Carter’s program. “Research bears the pastor out that stable marriages do support better mental health and stability in children,” said Janne Eller-Isaacs, a senior co-pastor at Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul, Minn. “My bias is that I don’t want to be promoting an old-style, patriarchal marriage. As someone who has married lesbians, gays and transgendered folks, making the ritual of marriage available to all people is extremely important to me.”
Also, he isn’t upfront about his attitudes. When he says his church “welcomes the L.G.B.T.Q. community” is likely as sinners to be saved.
“Here We Stand: An Evangelical Declaration on Marriage”
Not happy that Gays can get married. This was a coalition “assembled by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” which issued a statement signed by 100 religious leaders including Pastor Bryan Carter of Concord Church.
“The Nashville Statement Is Anti-LGBTQ Christian Bigotry Written in Stone.”
Article written by Hemant Mehta.
On of those bigots, co-signers is Senior Pastor Bryant Carter of Concord Church.
This is the statement.
https://cbmw.org/nashville-statement/
“Texas: ‘Gay rights,’ civil rights not the same, black leaders say.”
This article makes it much clearer why Bryant Carter would not be marrying Gays.
Six pastors spoke at the rally and Bryan Carter of then Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas was one of the speakers. From the article:
Carter finished by proclaiming that homosexuality is a sin. But, he said, it isn’t the only sin. He said Christians are not immune to sin. And because of that, Christians need to be careful in how they approach the homosexual community and others who favor of same-sex “marriage.”
“We have to open our arms of restoration,” Carter said. “Our churches need to be a place where we point the sin out, but we also give the people a chance to be restored. It ought to be a place where we despise the sin but we love the sinner.”
https://www.texanonline.net/articles/features/gay-rights-civil-rights-not-the-same/
Member of the Board of Directors of Family Life.
https://www.familylife.com/about-us/bryan-carter/
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Family Life.
https://www.familylife.com/about-us/board-of-directors/
The following is a search link for their website on homosexuality. I counted quickly 65 articles.
https://www.familylife.com/?s=homosexual
Some titles you will find on their page:
Does the Bible Say Much About Homosexuality? The author wants you to know, “It’s one of the reasons God destroyed the most infamous cities in the Bible (Sodom and Gomorrah).”
Evidently Alan Chambers talks about “his deliverance from homosexuality.”
https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/breaking-the-pattern-of-homosexuality/
Evidently hunger for acceptance “lured” Alan Chambers.
https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/alans-story-part-2/
“Help! My Child is a Homosexual” I should do a podcast, “Help! My friend is an idiot.”
https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/help-my-child-is-a-homosexual/
“Preparing Your Teen for LGBT Discussions”
“Questions to Ask Your Teen About LGBT Issues.”
There is the Prestonwood Men’s Conference of the Prestonwood Baptist Church which Bryant Carter is a speaker.
https://www.prestonwoodmensconference.org/media-2017.html
Conclusion
Bryant Carter is a homophobic bigot.
He has influence on the Dallas City Council since Council member Zarin Gracey is the Executive Pastor of his church.
That didn’t prevent the Stonewall Democrats from endorsing him.
We shouldn’t be surprised that Christian nationalism is empowered when there is this stealth support of homophobia by institutions like the Dallas Morning News.
