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GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL
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Affirmation
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United Methodist
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Affirmation is an activist, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization.
Affirmation's Mission Statement: As an independent voice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people, Affirmation radically reclaims the compassionate and transforming gospel of Jesus Christ by relentlessly pursuing full inclusion in the Church as we journey with the Spirit in creating God's beloved community.
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Affirming Baptists - United Kingdom
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Baptist
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| Supporting lesbians and gay men and those with concerns about their sexuality within the church. |
Affirm United
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United Church of Canada
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| Working through education and social integration for the welcoming of diverse peoples, especially the inclusion of GLBT persons in the life and work of the United Church of Canada. |
| Al-Fatiha foundation |
Islamic
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| Al-Fatiha Foundation is dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, those exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity, and their allies, families and friends. Al-Fatiha promotes the progressive Islamic notions of peace, equality and justice. |
American Friends Service Committee: LGBT Rights and Recognition
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Quaker
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| Founded by Quakers in 1917, the AFSC carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. |
Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists
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Baptist
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Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists envisions that the day may speedily come within Baptist Churches when no one shall feel excluded from God's love in Jesus Christ because of their sexual orientation.
Members of the Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) are churches, organizations, and individuals who are willing to go on record as welcoming and affirming all persons without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity, and who have joined together to advocate for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons within Baptist communities of faith.
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Brethren-Mennonite Council
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Brethren-Mennonite
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The Brethren-Mennonite Council seeks to provide programming, support and advocacy for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals and their families and friends in the Mennonite Church USA and Canada and Church of the Brethren.
Our objectives are:
- To provide support for Mennonite and Church of the Brethren gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual people, their friends and families
- To foster dialogue between gay and non-gay people in churches
- To provide accurate information about human sexuality from various theological, sociological, psychological, and biblical perspectives.
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Christian Lesbians
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Christian Ecumenical
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Offers information and resources for women presently struggling to reconcile their faith and sexuality.
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Christian Lesbians OUT Together - CLOUT
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Christian Ecumenical
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| To celebrate the miracle of being Christian, lesbian, and OUT simultaneously, in ways that aim to be anti-racist, anti-classist, and milagro-bound. |
| Disciples Alliance |
Disciples of Christ
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The Gay, Lesbian, and Affirming Disciples Alliance is an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and affirming members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
We are a prophetic voice calling for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the Church. We nurture and support one another. We provide educational resources to the Church on issues important to LGBT Christians.
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Dignity USA
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Catholic
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Dignity is a founding member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal (COR), a network of diverse groups seeking change within the Church. We network internationally with GLBT Catholic groups, including assisting in the development of new groups in countries such as South Africa, Poland, and Colombia.
DignityUSA envisions and works for a time when Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics are affirmed and experience dignity through the integration of their spirituality with their sexuality, and as beloved persons of God participate fully in all aspects of life within the Church and Society.
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| Emergence International |
Christian Scientists
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| Emergence is a worldwide community of Christian Scientists, their families and friends providing spiritual and educational support for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people as they deal with homophobia and heterosexism. |
| Fortunate Families |
Catholic
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| Catholic Families with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons |
| Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns |
Quaker
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Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (Quaker)
Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns is a Quaker faith community within the Religious Society of Friends. FLGBTQC deeply honors, affirms, and upholds that of God in all people
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Gay Church
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Christian Ecumenical
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| Gay Church is a web site dedicated to ministering to the gay and lesbian Christian community (GLBT) and friends of our community. We feature one of the largest gay and lesbian welcoming Christian church directories and bulletin boards in the world. |
Integrity USA
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Episcopal
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Integrity is a witness of God's inclusive love to the Episcopal Church and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Integrity is a nonprofit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] Episcopalians and our straight friends. Since our founding by Dr. Louie Crew in rural Georgia in 1974, Integrity has been the leading grassroots voice for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the Episcopal Church and our equal access to its rites.
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Interfaith Working Group
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Inter-faith
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| Religious diversity and social Issue. |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Religious Archives Network
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Inter-faith
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network (LGBT-RAN) coordinates and supports the identification, collection and preservation of personal papers and organizational records from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious movements. To encourage scholarly research and historical study of these important movements for social change, LGBT-RAN disseminates information about these records and provides and facilitates access to them, using digital technology when possible.
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| Lutherns Concerned/North America |
ELCA
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LC/NA (Lutherans Concerned/North America)
The ministries of Lutherans Concerned / North America (LC/NA) embody, inspire, and support the acceptance and full participation of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, their families, friends and allies, within the Lutheran communion and its ecumenical and global partners.
Through our Reconciling in Christ Program, ministries, resources, events and alliances, LC/NA: builds community for worship, education and support; fosters welcome and acceptance in all Lutheran settings; advocates for the ecclesial changes necessary to ensure full participation in all rites, sacraments, and ministries of the Church; and invites all people into Gospel lives of authenticity, integrity and wholeness.
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