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Trans Webinar Series Episode 2:What Is Gender-Affirming Care?

Trans Webinar Series Episode 2:What Is Gender-Affirming Care?

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...
True Colors: Stories of Baptist Inclusion

True Colors: Stories of Baptist Inclusion

by Kurt Kaufman | Jul 12, 2023 | Book, LGBTQ Narratives, Resources

Buy from Good Faith Media bookstore The beauty of a prism lies in the way it refracts light, revealing the colors that are hidden within it. Each facet of the prism offers a new perspective, a new way of seeing the world around us. In much the same way, the...
Christian Citizen: Baptism and coming out, how can these things be?

Christian Citizen: Baptism and coming out, how can these things be?

by Kurt Kaufman | Jul 11, 2023 | LGBTQ Narratives, Resources, Web

Read For Free On Christian Citizen An article by AWAB Board Member, Rev. Jordan Conley, that tells his story of coming out, comparing it to churches coming out as welcoming and affirming. Rev. Conley suggests that “[churches] that are brave enough to come out...
Christian Citizen: Being trans and terrified

Christian Citizen: Being trans and terrified

by Kurt Kaufman | Jul 10, 2023 | LGBTQ Narratives, Resources, Web

Read For Free On Christian Citizen An article by AWAB Board Member, Rev. Dr. Donnie Anderson, that outlines the experience of transgender persons today, and some steps that congregations and individuals can take to counter the oppressive efforts against the...
Christian Citizen: I am left-handed

Christian Citizen: I am left-handed

by Kurt Kaufman | Jul 10, 2023 | LGBTQ Narratives, Resources, Web

Read For Free On Christian Citizen An article by AWAB Communications Coordinator Kurt Kaufman that compares the presence and prevalence of left-handedness in youth through the 19th century to the presence and prevalence of LGBTQ+ expression in youth...

10 Reasons Your Church Should Be Welcoming and Affirming

by Kurt Kaufman | Jul 6, 2023 | Congregational Care, LGBTQ Narratives, Resources, Web, Web

Read for Free on Baptist News Global “Scripture as a whole testifies to a God who invites people from the margins to the center.” In this article by AWAB Pastor Art Wright of Williamsburg Baptist Church, Rev. Wright describes the many reasons that a church should...
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