Rev. Troy Pummer Treash appears on "Make It Happen with David Lorms"

HOUSTON - Feb. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- “There is nothing in the scripture that says gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered people, who are loving, shouldn’t have families, have children and experience faith fully and abundantly in their lives,” said Reverend Troy Plummer Treash, Sr. Pastor at Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church (RMCC). Rev. Treash recently appeared on “Make It Happen With David Lorms” internet radio show where he talked about church, growing up with a single mother, and how he heard the call from God while at the same timerecognizing he was gay. “God was showing he had a sense of humor,” Treash said.

Born in Tulsa, OK, Treash says his mother had him while visiting Tulsa, but quickly returned to Houston after his birth. Treash grew up moving around the Houston area with his mother while she was trying to make ends meet as she considered the cost of living and the quality of schools. His mother always made sure there was food on the table, that opportunities were available, things needed for class were provided and that they went to church. She even took her kids to the Depelchin Faith Home for Christmas gifts. “We never felt poor. Later in life, she bragged about how she could feed the whole family on one can of food,” Treash remembers. He was the oldest of four kids and the only boy.

At the age of 11, Treash’s mother married Bobby Plummer and they landed in Sharpstown. He attended Sutton Elementary School, Jane Long Junior High School and Shaprstown Senior High School, where his stepfather was a Coach. “He taught me the value of being a team player.”

Treash learned from his mother that his opinion mattered and to speak up when he saw injustice and he actually did speak up when he saw an injustice, and was subsequently asked to leave the classroom! His stepfather always knew what he was up to in school so he couldn’t get away with anything. However, he was usually a good kid.

When asked who had the biggest impact on his life, he quickly answered that it was his mother. She taught him the value of honesty, doing what’s right, the value of people and caring for one another. She also taught him that he shouldn’t be big-headed. He should be right-sized in his ego and not get “too big for his britches.” He states that this is sometimes a struggle when preaching in front of a lot of people but can hear her whisper to him “Don’t be big-headed, don’t be big-headed,” and that keeps in him check.

While in High School, he got the call from God and he realized that he was gay at the same time. It confused him that he got both messages at the same time and didn’t really have the language to describe it. He set them both aside. Lorms quipped “They didn’t have call waiting back then so how did you get two calls at once?” During this same time his mother wondered why all her kids were going their own way. He reminded her that “You taught us to be independent, to be strong, to grow up and to leave”.

After high school, his mother told him “I think you are experimenting with homosexuality.” Ironically, Treash had not acted upon those feelings but had his first date planned for that Friday. It was then that his parents asked him to move out. While hurt, he still knew his parents loved him and would forever. “Sometimes you think you lose something, but it’s only temporary,” Treash said. His parents struggled for a year with his homosexuality but then welcomed him back to the family. Treash said it was when the son of a friend of his mother died that helped her figure it out quicker. They were supportive from then on.

Treash was teaching when he got the call again from God. It was during the AIDS crisis and felt he had to do something. He quit his job and sold his townhouse to pay for tuition so he could return to school not knowing what would happen. “Sometimes we have to leap without knowing the landing. It will be there, though,” Treash pronounced.

After school, Treash was hired to Head the Spirtual Suport Network at Berring Memorial (now known as BerringUnitedMethodistChurch), and was later ordained there. After 13 years at Berring, he was asked to be the Sr Pastor at RMCC.

When asked how he responds to those that call RMCC a “gay church,” Treash responds that “It is a Church that welcomes gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual and transgendered people. Some Churches say all are welcome but they don’t really know what that means. RMCC truly welcomes all”.

Services are held at 9AM and 11AM every Sunday at 2025 W 11th St, Houston, TX. Communion is offered to everyone each Sunday, not just members. There will be a special concert Friday February 28^th at 7PM celebrating Black History Month. For more information, please visit http://resurrectionmcc.org

David Lorms hosts Make It Happen With David Lorms, an internet radio show on http://www.KBREEZESports.com live every Wednesday at noon about entrepreneurs, business owners, and successful people, their challenges and failures turned into success, and advise for people to better their lives and careers. Past episodes are available by pod cast on http://www.spreaker.com/user/7420120 or on Lorms's web site http://www.lormsinsuranceservices.com and or on iHeartRadio. An Award Winning Insurance Expert, Best-Selling Author, he has won the Quilly and the EXPY Awards and has been featured in Forbes Magazine, USA Today and on various other radio talk shows.