Frank Schaefer (minister)

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Frank Schaefer
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Franklyn Schaefer

(1961-12-07) December 7, 1961 (age 63)

Franklyn "Frank" Schaefer (born December 7, 1961) is a German-American author and an LGBTQ advocate. He is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.

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Schaefer established a popular Internet site for the support of Christian educators and ministers, a forum for the discussion and exchange of resources, called Desperate Preacher's Site, in 1996. [1]

Temporary defrocking

In 2013, he was tried by a United Methodist court for officiating at his son's same-sex marriage. He was defrocked on December 19, 2013, when he refused to uphold the Book of Discipline in its entirety, which would have meant to denounce same-sex marriage rights. [2] He was reinstated by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals on June 26, 2014. The restoration was upheld by the Judicial Council on October 25, 2014.) [3] [4]

Speaking engagements and activism

While defrocked, Schaefer became a speaker and activist. He continues to advocate for human rights while also working in a new United Methodist parish in Isla Vista, California.[ citation needed ]

Publications

Bibliography

Filmography

Schaefer has been interviewed on the TV shows Good Morning America , The View , Hardball with Chris Matthews , Anderson Cooper 360° , The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell , and TakePart Live , and for the documentary An Act of Love . [5]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Baglo, Ferdy (1 November 2000). "Site Hopes to Help Pastors in a Sunday Sermon Crunch". Christianity Today. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Defrocking of Minister Widens Split Over Gays". New York Times. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Frank Schaefer, Pennsylvania pastor who performed same-sex marriage, keeps ordination". CBS News. 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  4. ↑ Emma Margolin (2014-10-23). "'Refrocked' pastor: I will never be afraid again to speak out". MSNBC. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Frank Schaefer". IMDb .
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