Op/Ed: United Methodist Church now open to LGBTQ+ Methodists
Earlier this month, United Methodist Church delegates voted to repeal its church's long-held exclusionary stance of its LGBTQ Methodists — meaning, church doctrine, polity, and social standing.
The news...
Anti-LGBTQ message on Medford church sign sparks peaceful protest
A crowd of peaceful protestors came together outside New England Baptist Church on Salem Street in Medford, Mass. last Friday to express their objection to a sign the church had posted with...
West Springfield pastor calls anti-LGBT faction’s breakaway from United Methodist Church a ‘good resolution’
Reverend Rick Rabe of West Springfield United Methodist Church told MassLive he finds the denomination's proposed historic split over LGBT marriage and ordination an "equitable solution."
The split, announced yesterday, "would divide the third-largest religious...
Worcester bishop calls for removal of Pride, BLM flags from Jesuit school
Worcester Bishop Robert McManus is calling for the removal of the LGBTQ Pride and Black Lives Matter flags from the Nativity School of Worcester because, he says, by displaying them the school...
EqualityMaine, ME Council of Churches stand against discrimination in schools
EqualityMaine, the largest and oldest LGBTQ+ organization in Maine, and the Maine Council of Churches, an ecumenical coalition of seven mainline Protestant member denominations, put out the following joint statement by their...
UK pastor resigns after taking a page from Rhode Island bishop’s playbook
Posting a message taken largely from a tweet by Rhode Island bishop Thomas Tobin, UK-based pastor Keith Waters suggested that Christians should not be supportive of events that are held in honor of LGBTQ...
‘I Was Born This Way’: In Memoriam, Archbishop Carl Bean
(May 26, 1944–September 7, 2021)
This May, when Lady Gaga celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her hit album "Born this Way," she gave an acknowledgment shoutout to Archbishop Carl...
University of Vermont grad to be first Black LGBT United Church of Christ Executive...
When Darrell Goodwin steps into his new role as Executive Conference Minister for Southern New England in the progressive United Church of Christ, he'll be the first Black LGBT person in the...
The graceful transition of Rhode Island Council of Churches’ executive minister
Transitioning is never a breezy process. Beyond any medical or therapeutic interventions, there are the complications of coming out to family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, and of living in the world. There may even...
Northampton Jewish day school hosts drag queen Shabbat ceremony
The goal of the event was inspired by the national, San Francisco-based Drag Queen Story Hour, whose mission aims to "capture the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and give kids...
