Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists
since 1993
Welcoming & Affirming All People
As the only organization solely devoted to building the Welcoming and Affirming movement within the Baptist traditions, AWAB has a unique call to be The National Voice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied Baptists in the US.
Since 1993 AWAB has been supporting churches in being and becoming Welcoming and Affirming of all people regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. We work as individuals, congregations, regional groupings and as a national body to advance the Radical Welcome and Love of God in Jesus Christ through being the Ministry of Reconciliation and building up the Beloved Community where all will be one.
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Recent News
Binkley Baptist Church Seeks Interim Minister
From Binkley Baptist Church: Full-timeBinkley Baptist Church – Chapel Hill, NC The Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, N.C., seeks a full-time Interim Minister following the retirement of the Senior Minister. The Interim Minister will provide...
What the Black Church Teaches About Liberation | AWAB
What the Black Church Can Teach the Church About Liberation What can the Black Church teach Western Christianity about liberation, and is the wider Church truly willing to learn? AWAB Board Member Rev. Dr. Clifford Matthews Jr. brought that challenge to the October 24...
What Queer Wisdom Offers the Church | AWAB
From Welcome to Transformation: What Queer Wisdom Offers the Church What if the Church stopped asking whether LGBTQ+ people belong and started asking what it could learn from them? That question was central to a presentation by AWAB Executive Director Rev. Dr. Brian...
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