@Timothy J. Bonner, Thaks for your generous words. Here's a link to an article I wrote about how ECC treats its pastors over LGBTQ https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-the-evangelical-covenant-church-turns-on-its-own-over-lgbtq-f16abfcc38f4?sk=e3ecf77a5b01348fc0dc6887ab70483e

ECC is part of the American Evangelical mainstream, which has been doubling down, without exception on anti-LGBTQ policies. Including (maybe especially) softer-edge evangelical organizations like ECC (e.g. Young Life, Inter-Varsity) that spire to "cultural relevance." These organizations have concluded that affirming theology is an existential threat to their institutional well being. They cannot abandon anti-LGBTQ policies without losing members, but especially funding. So a new ECC President is not going to be able to buck this powerful trend. Additionally, during the Trump years, much of Evangelicalism has been radicalized and hardened--not everyone, of course, but enough people to make it virtually impossible to cross the line on LGBTQ. For the safety of sexual and gender minorities in these settings, it is important that "straight allies" (who are not personally harmed by the policies) be wise as serpents, and not hold out vain hopes to LGBTQ people who are veery much at risk.