/All, I have a terrible problem. I just started a new church/
Good for you.
/and now I'm confronted with a big problem. One of the small group leaders is a woman I know from my neighborhood. She has been a member of this church for a long time and heads up a couple ministries. She is apparently one of those that works hard all the time for the church and is well thought of. Unfortunantly I know that she is gay./
So what? You just said that she is a hardworking and popular churchgoer. Her sexual orientation should not be an issue.
/She has a lover that stays over at her house often, and I've personally seen unacceptable and disgusting behavior./
Either you're a peeping tom or a liar. Or you think that two women holding hands or sharing a chaste kiss is "unacceptable and disgusting behavior," to which I say, "Grow up."
/How it is that her church doesn't know I can't imagine. She must be very discreet./
Or they don't care or they're not prying perverts like you apparently are.
/Anyway, what in the world should I do? I don't want to gossep/
What the heck do you think you've just been doing on the Internet?
>>>and I certainly don't want to be responsible for decention in the church./
Do you mean "deception" or are you trying to make up a word that doesn't exist, that's somehow related to "decency?" Decention is not a word in the English language.
/Do I tell the pastor?/
No.
/Tell her that I know?/
No.
/Send and anonamous message to the pastor?/
No, and it's "anonymous."
/Somehow I don't think I'd be very popular for disclosing this,/
No kidding. Tell me, would you become fond of someone who somehow found out that you and your hypothetical husband liked to play bondage games and ratted you out to the pastor? I didn't think so.
/it's a hard place for a new member./
Gays and lesbians have it a hundred times worse when it comes to churches. No dice.
/Should I just quietly find a new church?/
Yes.
/I really liked this place, the message was wonderful and the people so loving./
And yet you think that their compassion shouldn't apply to the lesbian group leader. What a hypocritical twit. Tell me something, have you ever stopped to think that maybe the lesbian joined this particular church BECAUSE the message was so wonderful and the people were so loving?
/What should I do?/
It's really simple. Mind your own darn business. The group leader isn't hurting anyone, homosexuality is not a contagious disease and there is nothing wrong with it, and she has not done anything to hurt you. Grow up.