Radical Love & Faith: Rev. Dr. Neil G. Thomas On Inclusive Ministry & Social Justice
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Reverend Dr. Neil G. Thomas, the Senior Pastor of Cathedral of Hope of Dallas – and the world's largest progressive Christian church.
Ordained to the Christian ministry in 1989, Dr. Thomas's journey to this role is a testament to his dedication and passion. He is committed to building equality for all beings through activism and addressing social issues. He puts his devotion to work by leading a congregation with a primary outreach to the LGBTQ+ community…
As a native of Bournemouth, England, Dr. Thomas worked as the Senior Pastor of two Metropolitan Community Churches: MCC Bournemouth, England and Founders Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles. In addition to his work as a pastor, he is also a widely regarded speaker and contributor to local, national and international conversations around the intersectionality of faith, color, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation.
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- What led Dr. Thomas to pursue work in Christian ministry.
- The primary message of Christianity.
- What Jesus's "thesis" was in the Bible.
- The central themes of Dr. Thomas's sermons.
- The importance of developing a sense of justice and love for those who are disenfranchised.
You can follow along with Dr. Thomas and his work at the Cathedral of Hope of Dallas here!
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| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I've got a great yes today. |
| 0:43.0 | Dr. Neil G. Thomas, the Reverend Dr. Neil G. Thomas, is the senior pastor of Cathedral of Hope of Dallas, |
| 0:49.0 | called and elected by the 4,500 member congregation on April 12, 2015 following a year-long search. |
| 0:56.4 | They began his tenure in June of that year. |
| 0:58.4 | We're going to talk about, you know, various issues in and amongst and around his church and faith itself so |
| 1:03.4 | welcome Reverend thank you for coming. Thank you for the invitation Richard |
| 1:06.9 | I'd like to be here and hope you're having your best day. Oh I'm working on it |
| 1:11.4 | we'll see so tell me a bit about your background. How did you come to face and how did you become irreverent and why? |
| 1:18.6 | Sure, that's a great question and thanks for, thanks for the invitation. So as you can probably tell from my |
| 1:24.3 | accent I'm actually not from the United States born and raised in the United Kingdom. One of |
| 1:29.4 | seven siblings I'm the youngest I have an identical twin brother. We were |
| 1:35.4 | actually early converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My mom |
| 1:40.4 | and dad were converted to the Mormon Church, either just before I was born or very, very soon after I was born. |
| 1:47.0 | And we were a family in the church for a long time. |
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