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Jimmy is a tall man witth short gray hair. He's holding a small party plate and smiling toward someone off-camera. — Jimmy Creech after officiating a wedding in 1992

Jimmy Creech is a former United Methodist Church minister who was defrocked for marrying same-sex couples.^[1] He was a founding member of the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality, an interfaith same-sex marriage advocacy group,^[2]^[3] co-author of the Dallas Principles,^[4] was a participant in the Marriage Equality Express, and is the current Board Chairman of the North Carolina Social Justice Project,^[5] a progressive policy and advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating inequality in North Carolina.

Creech appeared in A Union in Wait, a 2001 Sundance Channel documentary film about same-sex marriage. In 2007 Creech became the executive director of Faith In America, a non-profit organisation founded by Mitchell Gold, focused on educating people about religion-based bigotry.^[6]

Creech's memoir, Adam's Gift: A Memoir of a Pastor’s Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays^[7] was published by Duke University Press in 2011. He was interviewed^[8] on The State of Things on WUNC on April 11, 2011, to discuss his new book.

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^ "Pastor Defrocked for Holding Gay Marriage". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 18, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
^ "Unitarian Universalist fellowship to install minister". The Durham News. December 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
^ "Steering Committee". Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
^ Dallas Principles website Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ NCSJP website
^ Jimmy Creech Facing up to faith-based bigotry
^ Adam's Gift on Amazon
^ "Meet Jimmy Creech — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC". wunc.org. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011.

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[1] "Pastor Defrocked for Holding Gay Marriage". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 18, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 3, 2019.

[Durham-2] "Unitarian Universalist fellowship to install minister". The Durham News. December 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2008.

[3] "Steering Committee". Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

[4] Dallas Principles website Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine

[5] NCSJP website

[6] Jimmy Creech Facing up to faith-based bigotry

[7] Adam's Gift on Amazon

[8] "Meet Jimmy Creech — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC". wunc.org. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011.

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Line 1: [[File:Jimmy Creech 1992.jpg\|thumb\|alt=Jimmy is a tall man witth short gray hair. He's holding a small party plate and smiling toward someone off-camera.\|Jimmy Creech after officiating a wedding in 1992]] {{Portal\|Biography\|LGBT~~\|Methodism~~}} '''Jimmy Creech''' ~~is a lifelong [[Innovator\|pioneer]] in [[LGBT]] equality issues. Creech~~ is a former [[United Methodist Church]] minister who was [[Defrocking\|defrocked]] for marrying same-sex couples.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/18/us/pastor-defrocked-for-holding-gay-marriage.html\|title=Pastor Defrocked for Holding Gay Marriage\|~~last~~agency=Associated Press~~\|first=The Associated~~\|date=1999-11-18\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=2019-12-03\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He was a founding member of the [[North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality]], an interfaith [[same-sex marriage]] [[advocacy group]],<ref name="Durham">{{cite web\| title=Unitarian Universalist fellowship to install minister\| publisher=The Durham News\| date=2005-12-03\| url=http://www.thedurhamnews.com/viewpoints/johnston/2005/story/915.html\| ~~accessdate~~access-date=2008-05-17\| url-status=dead\| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129193224/http://www.thedurhamnews.com/viewpoints/johnston/2005/story/915.html\| ~~archivedate~~archive-date=2008-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ncrc4me.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=6 \|title=Steering Committee \|access-date=June 30, 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503032302/http://www.ncrc4me.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=6 \|archive-date=May 3, 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> co-author of the [[Dallas Principles]],<ref>[http://www.thedallasprinciples.org/The_Dallas_Principles/Authors.html Dallas Principles website] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608043529/http://www.thedallasprinciples.org/The_Dallas_Principles/Authors.html \|date=2009-06-08 }}</ref> was a participant in the [[Marriage Equality Express]], and is the current Board Chairman of the North Carolina Social Justice Project,<ref>[http://www.ncsjp.org NCSJP website]</ref> a progressive policy and advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating inequality in North Carolina. Creech appeared in ''[[A Union in Wait]]'', a 2001 [[SundanceTV\|Sundance Channel]] documentary film about same-sex marriage. In 2007 Creech became the executive director of Faith In America, a non-profit organisation founded by Mitchell Gold, focused on educating people about religion-based bigotry.<ref>[http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/jimmy-creech/Content?oid=1201947 Jimmy Creech Facing up to faith-based bigotry ]</ref> Creech's memoir, ''Adam's Gift: A Memoir of a Pastor’s Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gays''<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0822348853 Adam's Gift on Amazon]</ref> was published by [[Duke University Press]] in 2011. He was interviewed<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Meet_Jimmy_Creech.mp3/view \|title=Meet Jimmy Creech — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC \|website=wunc.org \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416080225/http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Meet_Jimmy_Creech.mp3/view \|archive-date=2011-04-16}} </ref> on ''[[The State of Things (radio show)\|The State of Things]]'' on [[WUNC (FM)\|WUNC]] on April 11, 2011, to discuss his new book. ==References== Line 13 ⟶ 14: {{DEFAULTSORT:Creech, Jimmy}} [[Category:LGBT ~~topics~~ and Protestantism]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists ~~from the United States~~]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]