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AWAB Releases Viewed & Voiced 2026 for Trans Day of Visibility
The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) is proud to release Viewed & Voiced 2026, our annual digital publication created in honor of Trans Day of Visibility. The Why Each year, Trans Day of Visibility invites us to celebrate the lives, gifts,...
Online Prayer Vigil for Nex Benedict
Online Prayer Vigil for Nex Benedict Wednesday, February 28 Our order of service included: Welcome and opening prayer from James Rice III, AWAB communications coordinator, Poem by Jay Hulmes “Beatitudes for a Queerer Church" read by Kari Baumann, pastor of College...
First Baptist Pottstown to Host LGBTQ+ Centered Fall Forum
First Baptist Church will host another community forum this fall on Zoom. Entitled “A Place to Talk: LGBTQ+ 101 for People of Faith,” the forum offers information about LGBTQ+ community members and the issues that affect their lives. On Oct 15, Oct 22, Oct 29, and Nov...
2023 Lecture Recording Now Available!
“Truth and Lies at the Foot of the Cross:The Church and God’s LGBTQ+ Children” About the Lecture: We’ve all heard how everyone’s equal at the foot of the cross. That doesn’t seem to apply to LGBTQ+ people, however, according to many Christians. In fact, the disgust...
Registration Still Open For 2023’s Annual Lectureship!
2023 Annual LectureshipRev. Dr. Susan Shaw Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesOregon State University "Truth and Lies at the Foot of the Cross:The Church and God's LGBTQ+ Children" About the Lecture: We’ve all heard how everyone’s equal at...
Trans Webinar Series Episode 2:What Is Gender-Affirming Care?
“Gender-Affirming Care” is a phrase that’s been demonized in recent times, warped in a systematic way to trigger an image not of someone being affirmed for who they are, but rather an image of a five-year-old who is being forced against their will to physically change...
The Breakfast Prayer
Friend and former AWAB board member Madison McClendon wrote the following prayer that preceded the AWAB Breakfast at the American Baptist Biennial Mission Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday, June 24th, 2023. Strong, handsome, fierce and powerful Mother....