by James Rice III | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog, News
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...
by Kurt Kaufman | Oct 10, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Kurt Kaufman | Sep 20, 2023 | Blog
“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...
by Kurt Kaufman | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog
2023 Annual Lectureship Rev. 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” Click here for the Lecture Flyer About...
by Kurt Kaufman | Aug 8, 2023 | AWAB Produced, Blog, LGBTQ Narratives, News, Resources, Web, Webinar
“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...
by Kurt Kaufman | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog
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....
