Jimmy Creech is a former United Methodist Church minister who was defrocked for marrying same-sex couples.[1] He was a founding member of the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality, an interfaith same-sex marriage advocacy group,[2][3] co-author of the Dallas Principles,[4] was a participant in the Marriage Equality Express, and is the current Board Chairman of the North Carolina Social Justice Project,[5] a progressive policy and advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating inequality in North Carolina.

Creech appeared in A Union in Wait, a 2001 Sundance Channel documentary film about same-sex marriage. In 2007 Creech became the executive director of Faith In America, a non-profit organisation founded by Mitchell Gold, focused on educating people about religion-based bigotry.[6]

Creech's memoir, Adam's Gift: A Memoir of a Pastor’s Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays[7] was published by Duke University Press in 2011. He was interviewed[8] on The State of Things on WUNC on April 11, 2011, to discuss his new book.

References

  1. ^ "Pastor Defrocked for Holding Gay Marriage". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 18, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Unitarian Universalist fellowship to install minister". The Durham News. December 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
  3. ^ "Steering Committee". Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Dallas Principles website Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ NCSJP website
  6. ^ Jimmy Creech Facing up to faith-based bigotry
  7. ^ Adam's Gift on Amazon
  8. ^ "Meet Jimmy Creech — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC". wunc.org. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011.


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