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by E T Sundby (Author) "Coming home to God was not an easy journey for me..." (more)
Key Phrases: strange flesh, homosexual community, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Benny Hinn (more...)
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“This book is a journey for truth.”—Samuel Kader Sr., Pastor, Community Gospel Church, Dayton, Ohio, Openly Gay, Openly Christian, Leyland Publications.

Am I going to hell because I am gay? Is homosexuality a sin? Should I remain celibate my entire life?

If you or someone you love is struggling with these issues, this book is for you. Follow Reverend Elaine Sundby’s journey as she takes us on her personal quest for truth and self-acceptance—a path that eventually led her to enter the ministry. Reverend Sundby was determined to discover God’s plan for her and equally determined to do what was right in the eyes of God, without taking “the easy way out.”

Simple to understand, yet rooted in spiritual truth, Calling the Rainbow Nation Home has the potential to heal—to heal the battered soul of the Christians who are struggling to reconcile their homosexuality with their faith, and to heal their relationships with those who love them and want to understand.

A new era is just beginning in the gay Christian community, as thousands begin to realize that God loves us all just as we are.

About the Author
Reverend Elaine Sundby is the founder of Faith Full Gospel Church and www.gaychurch.org, an online community that ministers to the international gay Christian community.


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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (August 22, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595336299
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595336296
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #320,590 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Scripturally Based Master Piece, October 28, 2005
Rev. Sundby's work "Calling the Rainbow Nation Home" is flat out the best book out there today on this subject (I also highly recommend Miner's book "The Children are Free"). Rev. Sundby begins with her own personal journey to find God's will in this matter. The book follows that journey with each chapter set aside to handle a major issue faced along the way. Issues like: Salvation, what is sin to God?, the policy of "non practicing" (i.e. celibacy), the 8 clobber passages some use against homosexuals, the "fruit" of the spirit and the character evident within the lives of the members of the gay Christian community. She devouts a chapter to what she has witnessed while ministering within the gay Christian community. Simply amazing stuff.

But she doesn't stop there. Laying down her case, point after point until the reader can see beyond any shadow of a doubt that God has indeed "welcomed home" the gay community. Just as they are. She finishes her work by demonstrating the similarities between the present struggle for acceptance the gay (GLBT) community is going through with the rejection other groups have faced before. Jesus with the Pharisees, the Gentiles with the Jews, the Reformation with the Catholic Church, the rejection of the Anabaptists, the holiness movement, the issue of slavery, Azusa street, the Faith and Charismatic movement, women in ministry and on and on it goes. All of these moves were persecuted by the church and by people using erroneously using Scripture to bludgeon the group God was calling home.

She points out there we are in a critical moment of the Churches evolution with Christ working within the Body of Christ today to tear down walls of discrimination and exclusion and welcome everyone home. Who can stop God when He/She sovereignly moves? Nobody. In the words of Gamaliel; if this move is of God "you will not be able to stop it; (and if you try) you will only find yourself fighting against God."

Excellent book that is destined to become a classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Book!!!!, October 26, 2005
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I recieved this book as a gift, and did not know what to expect from it; when I finally had some time to pick it up, I read 40 pages the first night! I really felt the Presence of the Spirit in this! My spouse, who tends to pooh-pooh anything religious LOVES the book. I would not even call it a "religious" book; it is about an authentic, sometimes painful journey into being gay and a committed Christian; something some people feel is a dicotomy. It is also not a diatribe against other Christians who may not share the same views as she does (Many similiar books end up in this cesspool of division)- In this book, Elaine Sundby acts as a guide through a perilous journey that few people have to make....a must-have for anyone who deals with the issue of homosexuality and faith.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Calling the Rainbow Nation Home, October 24, 2005
This is one of those rare books that strives to be painstakingly honest, with no pre-conceived agenda. I'm a very conservative, straight Baptist woman who also happens to be a physician AND to have many gay friends, whom I love dearly. I have to say this one reference has been more helpful for me than any other source I have read--and I think I've read almost all of them! This is such a difficult issue and so divisive for so many. If everyone read this one book, I think that might not be the case anymore. Rev. Sundby has stayed true to the Biblical passages, using the original Greek translations. I think this book could be one way God has employed for healing relationships that have been troubled by the "gay vs. straight" controversy. We're all sinners and we all need His grace. Rev. Sundby deals with this beautifully.
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