In my cover story this week regarding Mariners Church in Irvine, I make reference to a sermon that Pastor Kenton Beshore (pictured) made before his congregation in 2001 to announce the firing of the church's worship pastor, Bob Gunn, for his homosexuality. The words said that day led to a lawsuit that's been fought in courts for the past six years. Below is the text of Beshore's sermonI have some sad news to talk to you about right now. A few weeks ago, we talked about a sad moment in our daught
In "Out of Tune" Gustavo Arellano interviews Bob Gunn, the man who helped Mariners Chruch become an evangelical giant. Then the church fired him for being gay, and they've been in and out of court since. News
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In doing my cover story last week about the schism between Mariners Church pastor Kenton Beshore and his former right-hand man, Bob Gunn, over Gunn's homosexuality, I visited the Irvine congregation's bookstore. Books and books and books about Christianity, along with CDs, Bibles, and a cafe that was closed on the evening I went. I was interested to see what Beshore allowed in his bookstore in regards to homosexuality, but found only one piece of literature that specifically addressed the issue:
