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Out of Exodus: A Journey of Open and Affirming Ministry
Biblical and progressive. Mainline and charismatic. Faithful and questioning. This book is not what you think it is. The story of the Exodus is told in parallel with testimonies, sermons, and personal reflections from a congregation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, challenging the reader to a journey of faith. Along the way, it becomes clear that open and affirming ministry transcends LGBTQIA+ inclusion. It is also about race relations, poverty, generational change, divorce, immigration, and any other human-created barrier to loving God and neighbor. Tools for the journey. Finding a new voice amid profound social change is a difficult and vitally important task. Many congregations and entire denominations are in the process of figuring out how to express a new voice of faith, particularly in our understanding of sexuality and gender. Christians are experiencing nothing less than a holy disruption caused by the Spirit among us. The book concludes with a discussion of challenges to community and ministry. Helpful appendices provide congregational resources and discussion questions for group study. The stories in this book include experiences of and with persons in many denominational Roman Catholic, Unitarian-Universalist, Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Metropolitan Community Church, United Church of Christ, United Brethren, Church of the Brethren, Society of Friends (Quakers), and United Methodist. This is truly an ecumenical journey.
202 pages, Paperback
Published May 2, 2018
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June 28, 2018
Out of Exodus
A recommended reading from our pastor, this book gave me insight into the journey we must travel as Christians looking to include our LGBTQIA+ brethren. This book shows the many and various ways we have made mistakes over the years and gives us ways to right our paths and be truly welcoming to all of God's children. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone who is traveling the rocky path to be a Christian who loves and wants to welcome everyone into their lives and their churches.
A recommended reading from our pastor, this book gave me insight into the journey we must travel as Christians looking to include our LGBTQIA+ brethren. This book shows the many and various ways we have made mistakes over the years and gives us ways to right our paths and be truly welcoming to all of God's children. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone who is traveling the rocky path to be a Christian who loves and wants to welcome everyone into their lives and their churches.
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