Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Troy Perry

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American priest Troy Perry.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Troy Perry

Troy Deroy Perry Jr is the founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, with a ministry with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, in Los Angeles on October 6, 1968.

We've had drive-by shootings. I've been spat on, slapped, shot at. One guy tried to stab me with a broken beer bottle. But the way we look at it, if people do the worst they can, we'll still wake up in glory.
The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay.
I always say that as a Christian I cannot find any passage in the Gospels in which Jesus condemned homosexuality. — © Troy Perry
I always say that as a Christian I cannot find any passage in the Gospels in which Jesus condemned homosexuality.
The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context.
God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!
If you had told me 28 years ago that the largest organization in the world touching the lives of gays and lesbians would be a church, I would not have believed you.
When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all those roles. Part of my spirituality, I always tell people, is to accept yourself for who you are.
Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.
If you had told me 28 years ago that the largest organization in the world touching the lives of gays and lesbians would be a church, I would not have believed you. So many members of the lesbian and gay community feel they have had violence done to them by religious groups that it is very difficult to evangelize any members of our community. But we do evangelize.
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