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Roy Clements (born 1946 in London) is a British author and former Christian minister. He was a leading figure within Britain's Evangelical Christian movement for more than two decades until he resigned from his pastoral ministry in 1999, having revealed that he is gay.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Biography

Roy Clements grew up in the East End of London and earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, before working for UCCF (University Colleges Christian Fellowship) in Nairobi and serving as pastor of Nairobi Baptist Church in Kenya.^[5] He returned to the UK in 1979 when he became pastor of Eden Baptist Church, Cambridge, where he developed a highly successful ministry to students.^[6] Over a period of some twenty years, he gained a reputation within the international Christian movement as an accomplished preacher and teacher.^[5] Until 1999 he served on the boards of a number of leading evangelical organisations, including the management council of the Evangelical Alliance, which represents more than a million British Christians across 30 denominations.^[1] His ministry within British evangelicalism ended in 1999 after he left his wife and began a relationship with another man. Since then, Clements suggests he has become a significant new voice within the British gay Christian movement.

List of works

Theology books and biblical commentaries

Since publicly acknowledging his sexuality in 1999, his books have become difficult to obtain.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

A Sting in the Tale (IVP), expositions from the parables of Luke
Practising Faith in a Pagan World (IVP), expositions from Daniel/Ezekiel
Masterplan (IVP)
No Longer Slaves (IVP), expositions from Galatians
Turning the World Upside Down (IVP), expositions from Acts 1-15
People Who Made History (IVP), expositions from Judges/Ruth
Songs of Experience (Focus/Baker), expositions from selected Psalms
The Strength of Weakness (Focus/Baker), expositions from II Corinthians
Introducing Jesus (Kingsway), expositions from the Gospel of John
From Head to Heart (Kingsway), expositions from the First Letter of John
Word and Spirit (UCCF), an examination of the Bible and the charismatic gift of prophecy
Turning Points (UCCF), an overview of cultural trends
Why I Believe (Regent College Publishing)
Rescue: God's Promise to Save (Focus), with Peter Lewis and Greg Haslam, a short exploration of the five points of Calvinism

Jubilee Centre papers

Clements published a number of papers with Cambridge Papers, a non-profit quarterly publication of the Jubilee Centre, a Cambridge-based centre for contemporary theological reflection which he helped to found. These papers include: "Can Tolerance become the Enemy of Christian Freedom?" (an examination of pluralism in two papers); "Officiously to Keep Alive" (a two-part examination of euthanasia); "Demons and the Mind" (a two-part study of mental illness in the Bible); and "Expository Preaching in a Postmodern World".^[10]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Benton, John (1999-11). "Roy Clements Walks Out". Evangelicals Now. Retrieved 2008-08-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Benton, John (1999-11). "The Commentary - Roy Clements". Evangelicals Now. Retrieved 2008-08-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Benfold, Gary (1999-11). "When a good man falls". Evangelicals Now. Retrieved 2008-08-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Combe, Victoria (1999-09-30). "Preacher quits over his relationship with male worshipper". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
^ ^a ^b "The Roy Clements Story". Christian Herald, quoted by John Mark Ministries. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
^ Beynon, Graham. "History Of Eden Baptist Church". Eden Baptist Church Website. Retrieved 2007-08-28. This approach, along with his exceptional preaching gifts, continued to grow the church, and particularly the involvement with the university, so that today, over 200 students regularly attend Eden
^ Bates, Stephen (2003-09-20). "No room in the church: archbishop finds himself cast out by evangelicals". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-08-28. It took nearly 20 years for Mr Clements to come out as gay. When he did so four years ago, he was immediately cast out. His books and tapes were unceremoniously removed from church bookshops.
^ "Excellent writing on homosexuality in the Christian blogsphere". Paul Whiting. 2005-09-01. Retrieved 2007-08-28. After this news came out, Intervarsity Press and Crossway Books in England immediately stopped publishing his books and withdrew their back catalog of his titles. Most Christian retail outlets in the UK followed suit by refusing to sell his books.
^ "Publications". Roy Clements' web site. Retrieved 2007-08-28. In 1999, he publicly acknowledged for the first time his homosexual orientation. As a result, some publishers and bookshops have refused to carry his books any longer, even though they carry the endorsement of leading Christian theologians and preachers
^ "Publication List". Roy Clements' web site. Retrieved 2007-08-28.

Other References

Roy Clements Archive on the Courage.org.uk website
Editorial in Guardian (link via archive server - NB may work intermittently)
Clements's correspondence with Dr John Stott about his theological analysis of homosexuality
Evangelicals Concerned report of Clements's outing

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 ==Other References==
-* [http://www.royclements.co.uk/  Roy Clement's website]
+* [http://www.courage.org.uk/articles/articles.asp?CID=4  Roy Clements Archive on the Courage.org.uk website]
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20041028000915/http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1046004,00.html Editorial in Guardian] (link via archive server - NB may work intermittently)
 * [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:akKahDj_tC4J:www.ecwr.org/thecable/02summer.pdf+evangelical+alliance+roy+clements&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=21  Clements's correspondence with Dr John Stott about his theological analysis of homosexuality]