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Dallas | January 7, 2007
In the minds of many, to be gay and Christian is oxymoronic. The 3,500 members of the Cathedral of Hope, in Dallas, disagree. From its beginnings with only 12 disciples in 1970, it has come to be known as "the world's largest gay church," with a stated mission "to reclaim Christianity as a faith of extravagant grace, radical inclusion, and relentless compassion" and "to change how the world thinks about lesbian and gay people." Formerly part of the young and predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church, last year it became affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the mainline Protestant denomination that traces its origins in America to the Puritans.
The Cathedral's facilities, in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, include a 900-seat sanctuary and a large Congregational Life Center, both accessed through an opening in the seven-story granite-and-stucco John Thomas AIDS Memorial Bell Wall, which was designed by Philip Johnson as part of his grand vision for a campus expected to include a 2,200-seat sanctuary and an interfaith chapel. The current sanctuary soars forward toward a four-story cross of beige blocks set into the rough limestone wall...
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