Chris Glaser
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Chris Glaser graduated from Yale University with a M.Div. degree in 1977. He lives in the Atlanta area.
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[edit] Service with Presbyterian Church
After leaving Yale, he served as Director of Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the lesbian and gay community in Los Angeles, funded by the Presbyterian Church (USA).
He served from 1976-1977 on the Presbyterian Church (USA) Task Force to Study Homosexuality, as an openly gay man, and the rejection of its gay tolerant conclusions by the Church meant that Glaser himself was refused ordination as clergy by the Presbyterian Church (USA) but serves as an elder.
[edit] Metropolitan Community Church Ministry
He is currently serving as Interim Pastor of Christ's Covenant Metropolitan Community Church in Decatur, Georgia, having been ordained as clergy within that denomination. He will conclude his duties at Christ Covenant MCC October 8, 2006 and begin serving as MCC San Francisco Interim Pastor on November 1st.
[edit] Writings
Glaser is a leading writer in the field of Queer Theology.
His published works include
- Uncommon Calling 1988
- Come Home! 1990
- Coming Out to God 1991
- The Word Is Out 1994
- Coming Out as Sacrament 1998
- Reformation of the Heart: Seasonal Meditations by a Gay Christian With a Scripture Index 2001
- Communion of Life-Meditations for the New Millennium 1999
Since 1998 he has edited Open Hands, a quarterly magazine for congregations welcoming of LGBT people in seven mainline Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada.
