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Supportive Communities Network — Church of the Brethren, Mennonite Church USA, and Mennonite Church Canada [citation needed] Open and Affirming — Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): Open and Affirming. [citation needed] Alliance Q — Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) [282] Welcoming Community Network (WCN).
The United Church of Christ General Synod in 1985 passed a resolution entitled "Calling on United Church of Christ Congregations to Declare Themselves Open and Affirming" [168] saying that "the Fifteenth General Synod of the United Church of Christ encourages a policy of non-discrimination in employment, volunteer service and membership ...
New York City's Riverside Church, under the pastoral leadership of the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin, was the first in the UCC to be listed as Open and Affirming in 1987. According to the Coalition, more than 1,800 UCC congregations with 370,000 members (about 35 percent of all UCC churches) are officially designated as Open and Affirming as ...
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The Covenant Network is an LGBTQ-affirming organization founded in 2000 by Randy and Johnny Layton-Morgan of New Covenant Church in Atlanta, Georgia. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] They state that "all people regardless of age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation + identity, social status, etc. can receive the born-again experience through Jesus Christ."
The resolution was one of 32 actions [46] by the General Synod and other national bodies, beginning in 1969, to support civil rights for LGBTQ persons and urge their full inclusion in the life of the church. The UCC's Open and Affirming movement, funded by the Open and Affirming Coalition, [47] is the largest LGBTQ-welcoming church program in ...
Affirming Pentecostal Church International; ... Open Episcopal Church This page was last edited on 23 September 2024, at 02:58 (UTC). ...