Media Release: First Gay Ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA) Since New Church Policy

Media Release: First Gay Ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA) Since New Church Policy

Media Contact: Michael Adee, michael@mlp.org, 505.577.0086

Celebrating Scott Anderson's Ordination

We give thanks to God that Scott Anderson will be ordained on Saturday, October 8 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, Wisconsin. Scott is the first openly gay candidate to be ordained since the new ordination policy of Amendment 10-A went into effect on July 10 as G-2.0104.
 
"We're grateful that qualified LGBT Presbyterians who are called by God to serve in ministry and demonstrate gifts for ministry can be ordained because of G-2.0104. This is a wonderful time in the life of the Presbyterian Church (USA)," said Trice Gibbons, Co-Moderator, More Light Presbyterians.
 
Anderson served as Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians before moving to Madison to become the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, he also served as Executive Director of the California Council of Churches.
 
Rev. Heidi Peterson, Co-Moderator, More Light Presbyterians, said, "Scott's ordination is the result of thousands of prayers and decades of work to remove discriminatory barriers to LGBT persons serving in the Church. We're now a more honest and faithful Church. I'm grateful for this extraordinary change."
 
Anderson is one among a group of qualified LGBT Presbyterians who are seeking to follow their call from God to serve in ministry. Michael Adee, Executive Director, More Light Presbyterians said: "Scott's ordination as the first openly gay Presbyterian since the passage of 10-A will be a watershed moment in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Scott's ordination and those who will be ordained next are all part of building a Church that reflects God's heart. We celebrate this moment and its witness to God's love for all persons."

See Also:

• First openly gay pastor ordained in the PCUSA speaks, CNN
• Presbyterian Church to ordain first openly gay minister, Los Angeles Times
• Protestant denomination to ordain openly gay minister in Madison, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
• Gay Man To Be Ordained In Madison Church Saturday, Channel3000
• Presbyterian Church ordains first gay minister, Reuters
• US Presbyterian church ordains first openly gay minister in emotional Wisconsin ceremony, Washington Post
• Sing to the Lord a New Song, Time To Embrace
• Presbyterian Church to ordain first openly gay minister, GLAAD
• Meet Scott Anderson, Soon To Be the First (Openly) Gay Minister Ordained by Presbyterian USA, Huffington Post
• Scott Anderson Ordained, Presbyterian Outlook