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Rembert S. Truluck (1934–2008) was a
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who served in
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es (MCC) in
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, and Nashville between 1988 and 1996. He was the author of ''Invitation To Freedom'' (1993) and ''Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse'' (2000). Truluck was born in
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. He attended Furman University and earned a doctorate in
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. He served from 1953 to 1973 as Southern Baptist preacher and was a professor at Baptist College at Charleston (now Charleston Southern University). After being
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to the college's Board of Trustees, he resigned and became a pastor of MCC. He was also interviewed in the 1993 documentary ''One Nation Under God''. He was working on his next book ''Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up?'' at the time of his death from natural causes on November 14, 2008, at age 74.


Works

*''Invitation to Freedom: Bible Studies in Personal Evangelism'' (Chi Rho Press, 1993; OCLC ) *''Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse'' (Chi Rho Press, 2000; OCLC )


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* 1934 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Baptists 20th-century American LGBT people American gay writers Charleston Southern University people Furman University alumni LGBT Baptists LGBT people from South Carolina LGBT Protestant clergy LGBT theologians Metropolitan Community Church clergy People from Clinton, South Carolina {{US-theologian-stub