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Why I'll Never Give Up On The Church | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [Christianity Today Connection]( [Home]( [Our Latest]( [Subscribe]( Wednesday, September 11, 2019 [Jackie Hill Perry After Bethel Controversy: ‘I Don’t Agree With Everyone I Do Ministry With’]( [Jackie Hill Perry After Bethel Controversy: ‘I Don’t Agree With Everyone I Do Ministry With’]( Instagram posts from the Propel Women tour spur backlash and lose her spot at an Answers in Genesis event. Maria Baer A year ago this week, Jackie Hill Perry released her first book, [Gay Girl, Good God](. In her writing and speaking, Perry has shared her insights on faith and [her testimony]( as a former lesbian in evangelical spaces like The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission—and faced some backlash. But a different kind of controversy arose when she participated in a recent conference for Propel Women, a ministry founded by Christine Caine, alongside ... 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