UMPP.021: Faithful and Inclusive: The Bible, Sexuality and the United Methodist Church with Rev. Rob Fuquay, Susan Wilke Fuquay and Rev. Dan Gangler.

In Episode 21 of the United Methodist People Podcast Rev. Dr. Brad Miller leads a round table conversation about the video resource “Faith and Inclusive-The Bible, Sexuality and The United Methodist Church” with author, presenter Rev. Rob Fuquay, producer Susan Wilke Fuquay and hall of fame UMC communicator Rev. Dr. Dan Gangler.

Rev. Rob Fuquay is the Senior Pastor of St Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the UMC’s largest churches, and is the author of a number of books and small group resources including “The God We Can Know,” and “Which Way, Lord.”

Susan Wilke Fuquay is a United Methodist Christian Educator. For more than 25 years, Susan has been directly involved with Disciple Bible Study. She co-edited the youth version of Disciple. She was a Disciple trainer at National Training Events for many years and has personally facilitated more than 30 Disciple groups.

Rev. Dr. Dan Gangler is a member of the The United Methodist Association of Communicators  Hall of Fame. He is now retired and living in Indianapolis after 38 years in pastoral and communication ministries telling the story of the United Methodist Church. He is the chair of the United Methodist Reconciling Ministries Network of Indiana.

In a round table conversation in Episode 21 of the United Methodist People Podcast Brad discusses with Rob, Susan and Dan the small group video resource “Faithful and Inclusive-The Bible Sexuality and the United Methodist Church“

They talk about the origin of the creation of the resource as a local church response to questions about the bible and sexuality and the conflict they illicit in the United Methodist Church. There is a deep dive with Rob into some of the biblical passages regarding homosexuality which are at the center of differing interpretations which are divisive in the church. Susan talks about a number of testimonials in the resource which feature members St Luke’s UMC who have been impacted by the controversy over sexuality in the church. Dan talks about how the resource can be used in the local church as a communication tool to open up conversations to guide clergy and church members and leaders in their context.

Episode 21 is a good introduction about how this resource can be implemented by clergy and the local church as a response a need in the church for a process to approach the bible its understanding interpretation and application to the local church in the matter of human sexuality and how it is possible to be both faithful and inclusive.

“Faithful and Inclusive: The Bible, Sexuality and the United Methodist Church” is available at:

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The purpose of the United Methodist People Podcast with Rev. Dr. Brad Miller is to provide a resource to the people of the united Methodist church to help achieve the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

February 2020

Rev. Dr. Brad Miller