Amanda Pence, M.A.
@amandapence.bsky.social
M.A. Talbot School of Theology ('24)
LGBTQIA+ Advocate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
AmandaPence.com
Amandapence.substack.com
Published in the Priscilla Papers:
cbeinternational.org/resource/vindicating-bathsheba/
LGBTQIA+ Advocate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
AmandaPence.com
Amandapence.substack.com
Published in the Priscilla Papers:
cbeinternational.org/resource/vindicating-bathsheba/
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Amanda Pence is a Talbot educated Bible Teacher and LGBTQIA+ Advocate providing tools for churches to build biblically-based, inclusive communities.
"Queer siblings of faith: the good news of Romans is good news for us." -Amanda Pence
Reclaiming Romans by Reading It Backwards audio and transcript are now available on substack!
Reclaiming Romans by Reading It Backwards audio and transcript are now available on substack!
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"Queer siblings of faith: the good news of Romans is good news for us." -Amanda Pence
Reclaiming Romans by Reading It Backwards audio and transcript are now available on substack!
Reclaiming Romans by Reading It Backwards audio and transcript are now available on substack!
Listen to and read my Q Christian Fellowship breakout presentation here!
open.substack.com/pub/amandape...
open.substack.com/pub/amandape...
Reclaiming Romans by Reading it Backwards
My breakout session at the Q Christian Fellowship conference, January 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Listen to and read my Q Christian Fellowship breakout presentation here!
open.substack.com/pub/amandape...
open.substack.com/pub/amandape...
Spoke at the Q Christian Fellowship conference! My breakout was called Reclaiming Romans by Reading It Backwards 😁
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Spoke at the Q Christian Fellowship conference! My breakout was called Reclaiming Romans by Reading It Backwards 😁
Amanda Pence is a Talbot educated Bible Teacher and LGBTQIA+ Advocate providing tools for churches to build biblically-based, inclusive communities.
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Amanda Pence is a Talbot educated Bible Teacher and LGBTQIA+ Advocate providing tools for churches to build biblically-based, inclusive communities.
In Portland for the QCF conference! 🥳 Who else is here? 😁
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 AM
In Portland for the QCF conference! 🥳 Who else is here? 😁
Christmas is a time to remember that God draws near to us, sees us, and hears us.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Christmas is a time to remember that God draws near to us, sees us, and hears us.
Last month, I attended the ETS, SBL, and AAR conferences for biblical scholars! I heard so many interesting papers and met so many brilliant people.
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Last month, I attended the ETS, SBL, and AAR conferences for biblical scholars! I heard so many interesting papers and met so many brilliant people.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Amanda Pence is a Talbot educated Biblical Scholar & LGBTQIA+ Advocate mobilizing evangelical communities to build biblically-based, inclusive church communities.
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Amanda Pence is a Talbot educated Biblical Scholar & LGBTQIA+ Advocate mobilizing evangelical communities to build biblically-based, inclusive church communities.
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“Jesus broke the boundaries of Sacred Space. Anyone of any gender, of any sex, of any gender presentation, can draw near to God and be part of the family of God, and be part of the community of the people of God.”- Amanda Pence, from her Conference
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“Jesus broke the boundaries of Sacred Space. Anyone of any gender, of any sex, of any gender presentation, can draw near to God and be part of the family of God, and be part of the community of the people of God.”- Amanda Pence, from her Conference
In Atlanta for the Reformation Project conference!
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In Atlanta for the Reformation Project conference!
I've got a new Substack post! Check it out!
July 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I've got a new Substack post! Check it out!
I was interviewed on a podcast called Radical Love Live! Check it out!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=21H1...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=21H1...
Amanda Pence PART 1: Understand your hermeneutic (yes, you’re using one right now!) | RLL S5E17
YouTube video by Radical Love Live
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June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I was interviewed on a podcast called Radical Love Live! Check it out!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=21H1...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=21H1...
Challenge starts tomorrow! If you've been thinking of joining, now's the time!
This June, I'm hosting a Loving LGBTQ+ Neighbors Challenge in my Facebook group for evangelicals who want to learn how to better love their queer neighbors. Comment below if you'd like more info, or find me on Facebook! The group is called Affirming Evangelicals Construction Zone.
May 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Challenge starts tomorrow! If you've been thinking of joining, now's the time!
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Asking “is ______ a sin?” is misses the point.
You’d be hard-pressed to find the word “sin” used with an indefinite article in the Bible, cuz sin ain’t really about a list of rules.
Sin is the destruction of shalom.
The point ain’t to avoid “sinning.” It’s to not live in sin.
You’d be hard-pressed to find the word “sin” used with an indefinite article in the Bible, cuz sin ain’t really about a list of rules.
Sin is the destruction of shalom.
The point ain’t to avoid “sinning.” It’s to not live in sin.
May 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Asking “is ______ a sin?” is misses the point.
You’d be hard-pressed to find the word “sin” used with an indefinite article in the Bible, cuz sin ain’t really about a list of rules.
Sin is the destruction of shalom.
The point ain’t to avoid “sinning.” It’s to not live in sin.
You’d be hard-pressed to find the word “sin” used with an indefinite article in the Bible, cuz sin ain’t really about a list of rules.
Sin is the destruction of shalom.
The point ain’t to avoid “sinning.” It’s to not live in sin.
Reposted by Amanda Pence, M.A.
This June, I'm hosting a Loving LGBTQ+ Neighbors Challenge in my Facebook group for evangelicals who want to learn how to better love their queer neighbors. Comment below if you'd like more info, or find me on Facebook! The group is called Affirming Evangelicals Construction Zone.
May 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This June, I'm hosting a Loving LGBTQ+ Neighbors Challenge in my Facebook group for evangelicals who want to learn how to better love their queer neighbors. Comment below if you'd like more info, or find me on Facebook! The group is called Affirming Evangelicals Construction Zone.
This June, I'm hosting a Loving LGBTQ+ Neighbors Challenge in my Facebook group for evangelicals who want to learn how to better love their queer neighbors. Comment below if you'd like more info, or find me on Facebook! The group is called Affirming Evangelicals Construction Zone.
May 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This June, I'm hosting a Loving LGBTQ+ Neighbors Challenge in my Facebook group for evangelicals who want to learn how to better love their queer neighbors. Comment below if you'd like more info, or find me on Facebook! The group is called Affirming Evangelicals Construction Zone.
My Substack post for April & May is available! Boundary Breaker: Table Fellowship explains that by eating with "sinners," Jesus redefined the boundaries of who would be considered in or out of the community of the People of God. Link in comments!
May 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My Substack post for April & May is available! Boundary Breaker: Table Fellowship explains that by eating with "sinners," Jesus redefined the boundaries of who would be considered in or out of the community of the People of God. Link in comments!
Waiting at the airport, heading home from a pastor's conference. I went to network which went well but I wasn't expecting how healing it would be. 1/
May 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Waiting at the airport, heading home from a pastor's conference. I went to network which went well but I wasn't expecting how healing it would be. 1/
At Biola, my alma mater, for a regional ETS meeting!
April 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At Biola, my alma mater, for a regional ETS meeting!
🏳️⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🏳️⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️⚧️
New Substack post is up! In it, I write about how Jesus broke the boundaries that set the People of God apart from others and from each other. Please check it out, and enter your email address to subscribe! Link in comments.
March 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New Substack post is up! In it, I write about how Jesus broke the boundaries that set the People of God apart from others and from each other. Please check it out, and enter your email address to subscribe! Link in comments.
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I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'm a proud mother. Whether I'm walking my son to school or reading him a bedtime story, I do everything to make sure he grows up loved and cared for.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
And for the sponsor of the drag ban to say that my existence is a fetish is false & cruel.
I'm glad we were able to defeat this hateful bill today.
Reposted by Amanda Pence, M.A.
Good morning, beloved.
The middle ground is not holy ground.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
The middle ground is not holy ground.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
March 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Good morning, beloved.
The middle ground is not holy ground.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
The middle ground is not holy ground.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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Things Jesus actually said (NRSVUE translation)
![Matthew 5:5 NRSVUE
[5] “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nkg7x5hfae6whr45jsed5mco/bafkreieh3mrtcf5m3zlhaseqypqedmwnno4lw5mfdlqhkgmtwrbgwpz67i@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Things Jesus actually said (NRSVUE translation)