UK Worship Artist Whose Songs Are Sung in American Churches Comes Out as Lesbian
August 14, 2014 | Filed under: Apostasy,Entertainment,Life & Society,Top Stories | By: Heather Clark

Beeching fb LONDON – Less than a year after announcing her support for same-sex ‘marriage,’ a UK-based worship artist whose songs are sung in American churches on any given Sunday has come out as a lesbian.

Vicky Beeching first was introduced in the Christian music industry in 2002, but became more prominent with the release of her worship album Yesterday, Today and Forever in 2005. The release featured songs such as Above All Else, Great is Your Glory, Search Me, and a new take on the hymn Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. She released two additional albums in 2007 and 2010, co-writing the song Glory to God Forever with fellow worship artist Steve Fee and touring with the band Delirious and singer/songwriter Rebecca St. James.

In 2012, Beeching outlined her feminist beliefs in an article entitled Jesus Was a Feminist and So Am I and appeared on BBC News to explain why she believed women should be permitted to serve as bishops in the Angelican church.

“My Christian friends chide me for my overtly feminist views, while the atheist-feminist circles I move in despair at my commitment to what they see as a patriarchal religion,” she wrote. “It would be much easier to choose one or the other—Christianity or feminism, but I believe they should be—and are—utterly compatible.”

In December of last year, Beeching came out in support of same-sex “marriage” in appearing on UK’s Good Morning Sunday hosted by Clare Balding. She later posted her thoughts more in-depth in three separate entries on her blog.

“Not many evangelical Christians hold the theology hold that I do in affirming that same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage is acceptable to God and can be celebrated,” Beeching told Christianity Today in June. “Since speaking out and blogging about equal marriage, there’s been a boycott of my songs. My income comes from royalties, so unless they’re sung, I lose my income, which has been difficult. It’s been deeply painful to see people writing off 15 years of my work, saying that it’s now tarnished.”

Now, The Independent released an interview with Beeching on Wednesday, where the singer/songwriter/blogger came out as a lesbian herself.

“I felt like coming out was something I needed to do,” she said. “The [UK Angelican] Church has now voted to enable women to become bishops, literally almost a month ago today, on July 14th. The next big hurdle the church faces is the discussion around sexuality. So it felt important for me to add my voice to that debate as it will be the key topic for the decades to come. And my voice will make much more difference if I’m open about my sexuality, as I can share more honestly about what it’s like to be a gay Christian.”

She said that she had been struggling with same-sex attraction since she was twelve, and eventually decided to stop fighting it.

“What Jesus taught was a radical message of welcome and inclusion and love,” Beeching stated. “I feel certain God loves me just the way I am, and I have a huge sense of calling to communicate that to young people.”

And now, she says she wants to work to change the beliefs of those in the Church.

“I am not angry with the Church even though it’s been a painful journey. I still hold as tightly to my Christian faith as ever,” Beeching said. “I have a lot of hope for the future of the Church—that we can see a move towards inclusion, welcome and love for LGBT people.”

Reaction to Beeching’s announcement has been mixed.

“Wow, what an example of being covered by the blood of the Lamb!” one commenter wrote.

“So sad,” another stated. “God loves the way that we are, but not our sins. Please remember that. [Just] because we think that we’re right [doesn't] mean that God is okay with our decision.”

“It’s amazing how people can justify what Christ is against. We do sin and ask for forgiveness for making that mistake. Then we make the change to become stronger so we don’t do it again,” a third commenter wrote. “And you wonder why people think Christians are hypocrites. Start standing up for what Christ teaches. Black or white. Hot or cold. There’s no grey or warm in Gods eyes!”

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Some of these foreigners have got the wires in their brains crossed, a long time ago.

Tazmode:

Some of these foreigners have got the wires in their brains crossed, a long time ago.

But why do we always get carried away with their music.

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‘No True Christian Hangs on to Their Sin:’ Author Responds to Vicky Beeching’s Coming Out
August 19, 2014 | Filed under: Entertainment,Life & Society,Top Stories | By: Heather Clark

An American-born apologist, ethicist and author is responding to the recent revelation by a UK-based worship artist that she is a lesbian and her claims that God is accepting of her just as she is.

“I felt like coming out was something I needed to do,” Vicky Beeching, known for songs such as Above All Else, Great is Your Glory and Glory to God Forever, told The Independent last week. “[M]y voice will make much more difference if I’m open about my sexuality, as I can share more honestly about what it’s like to be a gay Christian.”

As previously reported, during the interview, the singer/songwriter said that she had been struggling with same-sex attraction since she was twelve, and eventually decided to stop fighting it.

“What Jesus taught was a radical message of welcome and inclusion and love,” Beeching stated. “I feel certain God loves me just the way I am, and I have a huge sense of calling to communicate that to young people.”

Beeching, also an avowed feminist, outlined that she wants to work to influence those in the Church to be more accepting of homosexuals.

“I am not angry with the Church even though it’s been a painful journey. I still hold as tightly to my Christian faith as ever,” Beeching said. “I have a lot of hope for the future of the Church—that we can see a move towards inclusion, welcome and love for LGBT people.”

But Bill Muehlenberg, an American-born apologist and ethicist now living in Melbourne, Australia is speaking out. Muehlenberg is the author of the book Strained Relations: The Challenge of Homosexuality.

“No true Christian hangs on to their sin, tries to justify it, and by doing so, calls God a liar, telling Him He needs to get with the times,” he wrote in a blog post on the matter on Monday.

Muehlenberg disagreed with several claims made by Beeching during her interview, including that God is fine with her homosexuality just the way she is.

“He doesn’t love people just as they are. In fact, He loves people too much to leave them just as they are,” he stated. “People just as they are are sinners alienated from God and headed for a lost eternity. A God of love could never just sit back and allow that to happen. That is why Jesus came and died a cruel death on a cross for our sake, so that we don’t have to remain as we are, but we can become what we were meant to be.”

Muehlenberg also explained that every person on the planet deals with temptation and sin, but that there are two types of people in the world: those who agree with God by calling sin what it is and seek the Holy Spirit’s help in turning away from it, and those who willingly embrace their sin and refuse to be sanctified.

“No, [Jesus] did not teach a radical message of welcome and inclusion,” he replied in response to Beeching’s inference that Jesus permitted any type of lifestyle without objection. “He told people to repent and turn from their sin, or face the full wrath of God to come. One simply has to read the gospel accounts without homosexual-tinted glasses on to see this.”

But Muehlenberg also rejoiced that there is hope for Beeching—as there is for all mankind—if she will surrender herself fully to Christ, who died to set men free from the power of sin.

“[T]he good news is, as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, ‘such were some of you.’ Some of you were homosexuals, or thieves, or adulterers (past tense). But you are no more, thanks to the transforming power of God,” he wrote.

“Vicky simply gave up on God. She stopped trying, and stopped letting God do his work in her life,” Muehlenberg stated. “Thankfully, God will not give up on her. His arms are still held out to her—and to all sinners. But His love and forgiveness is dependent upon us recognizing our sin, turning from our sin, and embracing his reconciliation through faith and repentance. It does not work any other way.”

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Worship was not meant to be a public event, so religious people should take it the way it has turn out to be.

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And come to think of it u got two likes?

@op, it amazes me how people justify their actions, robing God into their new stance even with the truth of the word staring them in the face? But thank God for the reply and that bro standing up for the truth.

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And come to think of it u got two likes?

@op, it amazes me how people justify their actions, robing God into their new stance even with the truth of the word staring them in the face? But thank God for the reply and that bro standing up for the truth.

God bless you brother. Keep on fighting the fight of faith, don't give up the fight.