Nazarene Theological Seminary Welcomes Gay-Marriage Promoter
BY Manny Silva standfortruthministries@gmail.com
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
“Within the theological structure of the cults there is considerable truth, all of which, it might be added, is drawn from biblical sources, but so diluted with human error as to be more deadly than complete falsehood.” ― Walter Martin, Kingdom of the Cults
“Gay marriage must be celebrated just as strongly, as loudly, and as intensely as any marriage of disciples, because what begins in civil toleration when touched by the Spirit of the living God becomes joyous and extravagant celebration”
Oh my, words like this should never be allowed to be promoted in any way to believers! We should never support a man who teaches these abominations, should we! No, of course not. But that’s exactly what is happening in the Church of the Nazarene.
Nazarene Theological Seminary ought to be called a Cemetery now, not a seminary. Dr. Willie James Jennings is the latest reason why the predominant school for preparing future Nazarene pastors is almost full-blown apostate! I will give you the details a little further in this article, and each of you Nazarenes can decide whether you care or not and if you will say something to your esteemed General Superintendents, who are charged with the spiritual leadership of the church.
Apostasy is not new in the Nazarene denomination. It has been creeping in and spreading for years now, and it will probably continue. The rejection of the inerrancy and full authority of God’s word has been the foundation of this apostasy. When pastors no longer believe in God’s word, what else do we expect, except chaos, followed by the embrace of the worship of blackness and Critical Race Theory, the approval of LGBT and homosexuality, and the worship of “worship” itself rather than worshipping God?
I have little time as I used to have for the nonsense happening in my former denomination. I spent more than ten years warning everybody I could, along with a few other Nazarenes who were willing to risk everything, including their positions as pastors. These were the truly brave and faithful warriors, not me. But I’ve had enough now. I have my church to shepherd now, as well as my family, although I will occasionally post a new warning. The last one I wrote, in June of 2020, was about the racist ideas being proposed for the denomination in order to “teach” pastors to be “more sensitive” to blackness, and to own up to their “lack of enough understanding”. (https://reformednazarene.wordpress.com/2020/06/13/the-church-of-the-nazarene-is-bowing-the-knee-to-racially-divisive-radicalism/
One of the abominations being allowed to continue unabated in the denomination is the disgraceful Andrew McGee, with his perversion of the Gospel and promotion of homosexuality, under the guise of his lying ministry called “Love Wins.” If you don’t believe me, listen to this stupidity being allowed by the wise leaders of the denomination. He talks about being “Being Queer In Ministry”. Why this man is still allowed to pervert God’s word in a Holiness denomination is a total disgrace. General Superintendents ought to be fired if that was at all possible. But they should be held accountable in some way.
The Latest Abomination
Here is the latest abomination. Dr. Willie James Jennings will be speaking on February 26 at a conference sponsored by Nazarene Theological Seminary. The folks at We Are Nazarene are doing a great job carrying out the exposing of abomination in the denomination, and I agree with them when they say “It is long past time to defund the NTS.” I would encourage any Nazarene who cares, that they would join this FaceBook site and understand the many awful things being promoted and celebrated in the Church of the Nazarene.
We Are Nazarenes says” Dr. Willie James Jennings is currently Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Divinity School. He is also described as an expert in Liberation Theology. His lecture at Fuller Seminary a few years ago was entitled "Can White People Be Saved?" (spoiler alert: the answer is no) I think you would find it very revealing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wRvaG9j53g&t=9s”
But there is more evil coming from this man, who will be speaking to future Nazarene pastors. Dr. Willie James Jennings is a full-blown supporter of same-sex marriage! And yet, NTS is promoting this seminar! NTS is either utterly incompetent, or they are aware of his unbiblical theology. In either case, it is bad- and I believe they know full well what he promotes.
Here are just a few of his words, and there are a lot more I could give you, but this should be enough:
“Gay marriage must be celebrated just as strongly, as loudly, and as intensely as any marriage of disciples, because what begins in civil toleration when touched by the Spirit of the living God becomes joyous and extravagant celebration” (“Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible”).
And this: “Coupling in this regard is a wonder to be shared by all who wish it, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and marriage should be grasped by all who would mark their life together as a life inside the way of disciples.” ((“Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible”).
If you as a Nazarene don’t know this yet, well now you do. What will you do or say about this?
What a disgrace this is, and a slap in the face to our Lord Jesus Christ. For this kind of nonsense to be allowed for so many years- and it has not stopped - is a reflection on the uselessness of the Nazarene “leaders.” I am particularly referring to the elitists at the top, the General Superintendents. They have done very little and instead have shown their propensity to join the “woke” bandwagon and other leftist political views. They have sacrificed holiness for political expediency and the approval of man.
At some point, every faithful and Bible-believing Nazarene Christian will come to a decision. Stay, or leave? After all, who are you most faithful to, a denomination, or the Lord Jesus Christ? Every pastor who leads his congregation must tell the members about this as well. There is no excuse for keeping silent. To you pastors, remember Ezekiel 33:6, because it is still relevant today for every under-shepherd of the Great Shepherd:
“But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.”