It appears that another CCM artist has come out of the closet. This will be a shock for many of her fans and will again stir the debate on the topic and how congregations “should” handle this type of information. It appears that she will now become a promoter of the issue within the Christian community. It seems as if the new phrase isn’t “as such were some of you” to “as such some of you are”.
My heart was heavy this evening when I read an article at Christianity Today about former CCM artist Jennifer Knapp. Her next album, Letting Go, is being released in May which would be her first since 2001. Not only is she entering back into the music scene, she is publically coming out as a homosexual.
She said about her decision to “come out of the closet.”
I’m just a normal human being who’s dealing with normal everyday life scenarios. As a Christian, I’m doing that as best as I can. The heartbreaking thing to me is that we’re all hopelessly deceived if we don’t think that there are people within our churches, within our communities, who want to hold on to the person they love, whatever sex that may be, and hold on to their faith. It’s a hard notion. It will be a struggle for those who are in a spot that they have to choose between one or the other. The struggle I’ve been through—and I don’t know if I will ever be fully out of it—is feeling like I have to justify my faith or the decisions that I’ve made to choose to love who I choose to love.