Dear Rainbow Circle friends,
I am writing with deep gratitude as I prepare to travel to Minneapolis this week, where I will join many of our AWAB/Baptist colleagues, peers, and friends in a protest and march expressing our solidarity with Minnesotans and with immigrant communities who are facing profound injustice at the hands of ICE and the current Administration in Washington, DC.
In moments such as this, I am especially mindful that none of this work happens in isolation. Your faithful support as members of AWAB’s Rainbow Circle makes it possible for our collective witness to show up when it matters most. You sustain the ongoing work of AWAB, and you also sustain the people who carry that work forward—offering encouragement, courage, and grounding when the cost of public solidarity feels heavy.
Because of you, AWAB is able to stand with our LGBTQ+ siblings and allies across the Baptist landscape and beyond, proclaiming that love, justice, and human dignity are not optional values but central to our faith. Your generosity reminds me, and our wider AWAB family, that we are not alone as we raise our voices, link arms with others, and bear witness to God’s expansive welcome.
Thank you for walking alongside us, for trusting this shared ministry, and for helping make moments like this one possible. I carry your support with me as I go, and I am profoundly grateful.
Please hold us in your prayers in the days ahead, and look for a first-hand report from me soon about this historic moment and experience. If you would like to share words of encouragement or blessing, I would be honored to carry them with me. You are welcome to email me at brian@awab.org, and I will pass your words along to our AWAB members and friends gathering this week in Minneapolis—especially members of Judson Memorial Baptist Church and University Baptist Church.
With gratitude and solidarity,
~Brian