by James Rice III | Feb 26, 2024 | Blog, News
AWAB Hires Communications Coordinator AWAB is pleased to announce that beginning on March 1, James Rice III will take on the role of Communications Coordinator. After a thorough search process which included 15 applicants from across the country, Rice was chosen to...
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...