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Presbytery. Members of the court clarified in their concurring opinion that the decision was only about the
Presbytery, and not about Johnson or his views, stating "The SJC's decision in this case should not be read as a defense or affirmation of every statement or even every particular view of TE Johnson. That is not the role of the appellate court," as well as declaring that even some of those concurring with the decision possessed "ongoing concerns about some of TE Johnson's views." Johnson is among the first publicly identified gay celibate church leaders in a non-affirming conservative evangelical denomination in the United States.
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as ineffective. Four church courts requested
Missouri Presbytery to investigate Johnson, which exonerated him in 2019 and again in 2020. His exoneration was appealed to the denomination's Standing Judicial Commission. On October 22, 2021, that denominational supreme court ruled in favor of Missouri
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Johnson drew media attention beginning in 2018 for his role in the
Revoice controversy. In 2018, Johnson's church hosted Revoice 18, a conference to support celibate gay Christians who hold to the traditional sexual ethic. The conference drew strong opposition from critics on both the right and the
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November 18, 2022, Johnson's church voted to withdraw from the Presbyterian Church in America. On December 6, 2022, while Johnson had remained a member in good standing, the denomination's Missouri Presbytery granted his request to be removed from the rolls of that body, thereby withdrawing his
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By May 2022, two regional presbyteries again requested
Johnson be tried at the national level for doctrinal error, claiming new, unspecified evidence of guilt. Additionally, several presbyteries had again submitted overtures to the 2022 General Assembly to amend the denominational constitution to
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Johnson has stated that he has never been sexually active and that he supports the church's historical understanding of biblical sex and marriage, significant opposition to Johnson's openness about his sexual orientation led the denomination in 2021 to propose changes to its constitution to
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On June 23, 2022, the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America voted 1167-978 to amend the Book of Church Order to state that "Men who describe themselves as homosexual, even those who describe themselves as homosexual and claim to practice celibacy by refraining from homosexual
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prevent celibate nonstraight people from ordination to ministry. Johnson advocated against these changes. While the changes gained the support of a majority of presbyteries, they failed to achieve the two-thirds supermajority needed for ratification.
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