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Download Toolkit Help your faith community deepen and expand their welcome to people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. 1 Building an Inclusive Church COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE 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PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE 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JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND2 GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCHBuilding GENDER an Inclusiv eLGBTQIA+ Church WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM IDENTITY STEP CHANGE LIFE VISIT ENGAGE FRAME CONGREGATION SCRIPTURE ORIENTATION ASK HELP QUESTION RELATIONSHIP SHARE JUSTICE UNDERSTAND GOD COMMUNITY PEOPLE WELCOME FAITH JOURNEY CHURCH GENDER LGBTQIA+ WORK PERSON STORY AFFIRM TIME TEAM A Welcoming Toolkit 3.0 Help your faith community deepen and expand their welcome to people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. © 2017 ReconcilingWorks PO Box 8070, Saint Paul, MN (651) 665-0861 www.ReconcilingWorks.org This Toolkit would not have been possible without the years of work, experience and support of the leaders of the Welcoming Church Programs with whom we partner: From the 2017 Edition: Modified in 2021 Rev. William Hamilton St. John’s Alex McNeil More Light Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, FL Presbyterian, Executive Director Zac Baker ReconcilingWorks, Communications and Graphic Rev. Dr. Cedric Harmon Many Marilyn Paarlberg Room for All, Design Coordinator Voices, Executive Director Executive Director Joseph Casraneda Carrera Mark Johnston The Disciples Aubrey Thonvold ADORE, Hollywood, CA LGBTQ+ Alliance, Executive ReconcilingWorks, Executive Director Director Rev. Vicki Hamilton St. John’s Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, FL Andy Lang The Open and Rev. Dr. Naomi Washington- Affirming Coalition of the UCC, Leaphart, National LGBTQ Task Executive Director Force Faith Director From the 2013 Edition: Andy Lang Open and Revised and expanded in 2013 by Rev. Meredith Bischoff Welcoming Affirming Program of the United Rebecca Voelkel (Task Force), David Lohman (Task Force), and Rev. Tim Community Network in the Church of Christ Coalition for Feiertag (Reconcilingworks, Grassroots Community of Christ LGBT Concerns Organizer). The authors wish to particularly David Cupps Integrity USA in the Justin Lee Gay Christian Network thank Rachel Harvey and Rev. Episcopal Church USA Troy Plummer of the Reconciling Rev. Robin Lunn Association of Ministries Network and Emily Dr. Patrick Evans More Light Welcoming and Affirming Baptists in Eastwood of ReconcilingWorks: Presbyterians in the Presbyterian the American Baptist Churches and Lutherans for Full Participation for encouraging this revision and update Church (USA) the Alliance of Baptists process. Rev. Dr. Sally Harris Affirm Marilyn Paarlberg Room for All in United/S’affirmer Ensemble in the the Reformed Church in America United Church of Canada From the 2009 Edition: Rev. Carol Wise Brethren Written
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