Episode 303: Chris D’Arcy, Gay LDS Convert, Strong Testimony, Currently Not Active

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Richard Ostler

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🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

My friend Chris D’Arcy, age 42, joins me from England to share his story. Chris, who has known he is gay from age 10-11, talks about his decision to join the Church in October of 2016 and the wonderful missionaries (Elders Cade Cloward and Spencer Dennis) who research and the shared with him the Church’s teachings on being gay. Those honest and thoughtful missionaries helped Chris gain a firm testimony of our restored Church. Chris was active in the Church for about for about three years. During that time Chris received his endowments (and did 147 baptisms in one day) and served faithfully in many callings. However, Chris had some painful experiences in his local ward family that resulted in him setting away from the Church. Hearing these experiences can help us to not make the same mistakes and ensure that all members feel welcome and needed in our congregations. Chris, who has a good relationship with his Stake President, still believes in the Church and is open to the possibility that he will return to the Church down the road. Thank you for being on the podcast Chris. You are a good man. I do hope one day you are able to return to our Church. We need you!

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.7	My guest on today's podcast calling in from England is Chris D.R.C.
0:17.9	Welcome to the podcast, Chris.
0:20.7	Thank you for having me. Will you spell your first name and your
0:24.5	last name for our listeners to make sure we get it right? Yeah, it's C-H-R-I-S and then Darcy D-A-R-C-Y.
0:33.9	And tell our listeners what part of England you live in.
0:39.7	I live in, Hampton, which is in Hampshire, so way down south.
0:44.9	And I've never been to your part of England.
0:47.6	As I mentioned a few times, I've served my mission in Northern England, the Manchester
0:53.6	mission from about 80 to 82.
0:56.9	One of my companions was from Brighton.
1:00.0	How far is Brighton from you?
1:03.2	That's one's an hour drive from me, an hour and ten minutes, so it's not too far.
1:08.0	And his name is David Rutley.
1:13.3	He was my trainer when I started my mission. And he is, his name is David Rutley. He was my trainer when I started my mission.
1:19.5	And he told me in the early part of our companionship that he was going to be a member of parliament one day in England. And I didn't really believe him at first, Chris. And then after
1:25.8	spending a few weeks and eventually two months and recognizing the
1:29.7	character and the goodness of this man, I thought, well, you're going to be a member of parliament.
1:34.5	And sure enough, he is a member of parliament. He's the most famous politician. I know, Chris. I don't
1:39.9	know any famous American politicians, but I know David Rutley, one of your members of Parliament,
1:47.3	and my wife and I went over to England. He toured us around Parliament. It was a real
1:52.1	honor to see a part of that beautiful history of your country and that tradition and good
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