We refuse anything less as the destination. The future is one where every church is practicing and preaching the truth, the life, the freedom, and the blessing that is only reflected with full queer welcome, inclusion, affirmation, belonging, and leadership at every level.

Have the courage to say so. Have the willingness to exclude the intolerant beliefs and opinions while honoring the need to listen, learn, grow, influence, and teach. It's not about excluding individuals; it's about setting our doctrinal truth, our policies, our reason for being.

Leadership says they went rogue. They say they were acting with the knowledge (and perhaps even encouragement) of leadership. Sounds to me like they're all more concerned with avoiding accountability than with the work that needs doing...

"...you shall love your neighbor as yourself..."

-- (Leviticus 19:18)

Best role in the entire show, if you ask me. 👍

This. Churches get a pass on one or two instances, and then we are required by law to follow similar health codes as those of other commercial business that serve the public. It just isn't going to happen (for most of us).

2/2 It’s easy to point to others & dismiss them as following false stories. The real work is asking: What false stories do I stubbornly hold as true? What teachers do I follow because they keep me comfortable rather than challenging me? How do I embody & share the good teaching of the Good News?

We are responsible for one another. Our lives are intertwined and to live in denial of that means that we deny the call of Christ to be his hands and feet in the world; loving, helping, and healing.

…and the ability to live safely in society regardless of their gender identity, race, economic status, sexual orientation, dis/ability, national origin, language(s), or religion.