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Mobilizing United Methodists of all sexual orientations & gender identities to transform our Church & world into the full expression of Christ’s inclusive love.

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7 years
#LGBTQ people: You are beloved children of God. Your life and your love is beautiful. The #NashvilleStatement is not.
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Hi beloveds. It may feel right now like hope has vacated the room. Like justice is further away than we thought it would be. Like you are alone. Please know that God’s table is set for you and that you are Her prized guest. You are her most cherished. #foreveryoneborn #umc #umcgc
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To all our beloved LGBTQ folks struggling in the wake of #GC2019 #UMCGC : you matter. Natl Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK Crisis Text Line: Text “home” to 741741 Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678 TransLifeline: 877-565-8860 #foreveryoneborn
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The repeal of #Daca is inhumane, unacceptable, and contrary to #UMC values. Make it known. Call your reps. Use your privilege.
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Rev. Dr. Beth Stroud was restored as an elder in full connection yesterday in Eastern PA. 20 years ago, the #UMC took her credentials bc she was in a relationship with a woman. By the grace of God, she chose the Church again, and God's people said yes. Photo: Rev. Hannah Bonner
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BREAKING: The first openly LGBTQ United Methodist Elder in the South was ordained tonight in North Texas. Read on: #foreveryoneborn #faithfullyLGBT #UMC #unitedmethodist #lgbtq
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I'm so sorry, beloveds. There is so little to be hopeful for. We know there is a resurrection hope. We know it with our minds, and yet our hearts must still take time to grieve. Stay tuned. #Foreveryoneborn #UMC #UMCGC
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Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto has just been consecrated as the 1st openly lesbian Bishop in The #UMC #WJUMC
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We mourn that the minority report OCP did not pass to replace the TP. God weeps. The Spirit rages. The children of God are undefeated. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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By an incredible 92% margin. According to one observer, "Where I’m sitting, there was a stunned and tearful silence, followed by whispers of 'Oh my God' and 'praise God.'" #umc #unitedmethodistchurch #umcgc
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Threehouse: A Wesley Foundation's rainbow flags kept going missing, so they decided on something a little less portable: rainbow stairs! Thanks, Threehouse, for your witness and your inclusive ministries. #foreveryoneborn
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Don't let believe anyone who tells you differently. #NashvilleStatement
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Words can't express the pain over the loss of @rachelheldevans or our gratitude that she had lived. She was a genuine and fearless advocate for people of color, women, and LGBTQ folks. There will never be another like her, but we honor her memory + legacy by continuing her work.
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Let us be clear. The TP will wreak havoc on the Church in the US and across CCs. The ONLY goal of those pushing the TP+exit is to break The UMC. It will have a devastating impact on our work around the world + will end The UMC in the US. #UMC #UMCGC #ForEveryoneBorn #goodnews
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To the delegate from Oklahoma who's saddened by being called unloving for excluding LGBTQ people from ministry: that's why it's not about your feelings. #foreveryoneborn #UMC #UMCGC
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"Jesus said marriage is between one man and one woman" says the delegate from Northwest Texas. Jesus said no such thing. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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Over 300 pastors and church leaders signed a letter in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution apologizing to the LGBTQ community and promising to continue to work and advocate for justice and inclusion. #umc #umcgc #gc2019 #foreveryoneborn
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Otherwise decorous and quiet, observers rose in applause. ***CHARLOTTE folks*** that means: at the next plenary break, bring your rainbow umbrella and head out to the fountains and garden near the College St. entrance! #umcgc #unitedmethodistchurch #umc
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. @itsmejjwarren , you gave us a balm at such a desperate time. And yet we acknowledge that you are at the epicenter of the pain. If that isn't pastoral, if that isn't Christ revealed, I don't know what is. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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"We do not get to decide who God calls." #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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The Executive Committee of the German Central Conference unanimously (including conservative members) agree to reject implementation of the Traditionalist Plan. Read on for their statement translated into English: #umc #umcgc #gc2019 #foreveryoneborn
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Hey Maynard Avenue UMC in Columbus, OH: thanks for reiterating that, alongside so many other local United Methodist churches, you are not the denomination. #StandYourHolyGround #umc #umcgc #gc2019
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A victory for truth and ethics: the Committee on Ethics will now investigate rumors of bribery and paying for votes by anti-LGBTQ anti-UMC traditionalists. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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We're sorry - the social media person at RMN failed to capture much of @itsmejjwarren 's speech from the floor because she was too busy clapping. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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The crosswalk at St. Stephen's UMC in Norman, OK, is painted as a beautiful rainbow in a playful display of their Reconciling status and inclusive nature. Thanks, St. Stephen's! #umc #foreveryoneborn
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Heads up - please be advised. We've been told that "as we get closer to that critical vote, the arena now has police with their guns and security with pepper spray (or similar) roaming and ready for action." - MIND #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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#WJUMC elects Rev. Karen Oliveto as bishop. Praise God!!
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Trans beloveds - exactly as you are, you bear the image of God. We celebrate your existence and your divinity, and we continue forward for justice in the Church. #tdov2019
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#foreveryoneborn Bravo to the Dakotas Conference, which passed a resolution affirming the sacred worth of all God’s children and calling for a removal of discriminatory language from the Book of Discipline!
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We celebrate the revision of the Global Social Principles – paragraphs 161 & 162! It removes the harmful "incompatible with Christian teaching" and harmful language about marriage. This revision is part of the full revision of the old Social Principles. That's it! #umc #umcgc
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If you don't have a Book of Discipline, this is what got voted for deletion in subcomm! 304.3 #ItsTime #UMCGC
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RTing: To LGBTQ folks struggling in the wake of #GC2019 #UMCGC : you matter. Natl Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK Crisis Text Line: Text “home” to 741741 Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678 TransLifeline: 877-565-8860 #foreveryoneborn
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BREAKING: On Sunday, Moheto FUMC in Kenya became the first African Reconciling Church and the first Reconciling #UnitedMethodist Church outside of the U.S. Please give Moheto FUMC a hearty welcome to the movement: #foreveryoneborn #faithfullylgbt #umc
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BREAKING: In an act of prophetic Christ-likeness, the bishops of the Western Jurisdiction pledge to protect LGBTQ and allied clergy. Read and sign on to the Safe Harbor Declaration here: #foreveryoneborn #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodist
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The cross has left the room, but the presiding bishop ordered it back. Those who brought it back in are staying on the stage, refusing to leave. We refuse to leave. #foreveryoneborn #UMC #UMCGC
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We will gather soon to determine the next steps in our continued advocacy for LGBTQIA+ people in The UMC. There may be a “traditional” (divisive) plan, but by no means is our work abandoned. This is our Church. This is our Christ. This is our God.
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The same God we pray to for an end to violence is the God who calls us to be a part of the change. #OrlandoShooting
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Hi loves, our website is overloaded w. traffic and therefore down. Here's our statement if you weren't able to read it.
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Say it to family, say it to friends, say it to your church authorities and your politicians. #BlackLivesMatter
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Our staff has been working night and day for weeks, perhaps months, in preparation for General Conference. Now, we'll observe a Sabbath for our own care and to prepare for the next chapter of our collective work. Our offices will re-open on May 13, 2024. #umc #umcgc
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Bishops Stanovsky & Rader pictured here taking part in Queer Communion! Join us in thanking them! #ItsTime #UMCGC
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The Traditionalist Plan would align The UMC with the Westboro Baptist Church - Tom Berlin #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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"The disciples counted people like them. Jesus fed EVERYONE. If we're going to get biblical, let's get REALLY biblical." #Foreveryone #UMC #UMCGC
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Petition 20364 has passed! This strikes performing a same-sex wedding and being a “self-avowed and practicing homosexual” from the list of chargeable offenses. It goes into effect at the end of the conference this evening. #umc #umcgc #unitedmethodistchurch #faithfullylgbt
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We have known for a long time that @BishopOliveto is a change-maker, but we're glad that she's getting national recognition now for her courage and Christ-likeness! Thank you, @NBC ! Read on: #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc
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Bravo to FUMC of Orlando for their message of inclusion and justice for LGBTQ folks in The United Methodist Church! #umc #umcgc #gc2019 #foreveryoneborn
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Bravo, Bozeman United Methodist Church in Bozeman, MT, for your response to #umc #umcgc and your reaffirmation of your Reconciling status. #foreveryoneborn
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Since the end of #umcgc 8 days ago, we've seen an outpouring of support from individuals newly engaging the movement for the first time. To the 700 folks who've become Reconciling UMs in the last eight days: welcome! We're so glad you're here. #umc #foreveryoneborn
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Over 1500 clergy have signed a letter saying they will not take the jobs of any LGBTQ removed from ministry #umcgc
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RMN's Statement on the Removal of "The Incompatibility Language" #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodist #umcgc
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Thank you, Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX, for choosing love and inclusion for LGBTQ United Methodists in the wake of General Conference. "A church that legislates exclusion and homophobia is a church that has left us. #foreveryoneborn " #umc #umcgc #gc2019
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Undeterred by their beautiful brick facade, Reconciling Church Wesley UMC of Aurora, IL improvised a clever way to display a large rainbow flag in front of their building. Thank you, Wesley UMC, for sending a clear signal of affirmation and welcome to your community.
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"People need to know that black LGBTQ folks are involved in justice here." #ferguson http://t.co/nZNA98lLx2
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We celebrate the ordination of Rev. M Barclay, former staff at RMN and the first openly non-binary ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church. They said it best in their own words: #umc #foreveryoneborn #faithfullyLGBT
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The Simple Plan was heard. LGBTQ voices were heard. But the Simple Plan did not pass. 40-60. Beloveds, we are still not done. #ForEveryoneBorn #umc #umcgc
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With the Wesleyan Covenant Association’s recent publication of an “ex-gay” story, we must recall that “ex-gay” therapy has been debunked and denounced by every major medical association in the United States as a dangerous, dehumanizing, and sometimes deadly practice.
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So you want to welcome LGBTQ+ people to your church... #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc #umcgc #unitedmethodistchurch
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Woodlawn UMC placed this newspaper wrap in the Birmingham News (Alabama) to let the world know that it loves and celebrates God's #LGBTQ children just as they are. Thanks, Woodlawn! #faithfullylgbt
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No church, no law, no people can get in the way of God's love for you. #FaithfullyLGBT #UMC
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Bishop Dyck asks what is Christian about declaring one category of people "incompatible?" #UMCGC #Itstime
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Bribery for votes for the TP has been an open rumor for ages. It is good that our youth are willing to call it out. Jesus had strong words for the money-changers in the temple. #Foreveryoneborn #UMC #UMCGC
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Friends, are you caring for yourselves today? We are the Church and the presence of God for one another. We are a people of God's promise. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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First Grace UMC in New Orleans, LA gets it right. The Church needs you. #umc #faithfullyLGBT #umcgc #foreveryoneborn
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This ad, from 177 clergy in the N./Central TX Conferences, ran yesterday in the Dallas Morning News. Yes, words are only words. Ads are only ads. And yet we see in them your promise to shepherd your flock in a different way - in a courageous way. #ForEveryoneBorn #umc #umcgc
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After a morning of complete silence about LGBTQ lives, the moderator requested a time of prayer for LGBTQ people. Delegates made their way to and embraced LGBTQ delegates. “I won’t harm you with words from my mouth.” #UMCGC #foreveryoneborn
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"When I read the TP, my heart broke. I thought, 'Where is the love?'" - Cheryl Jefferson Bell from Great Plains. "I vote, I recommend, I PRAY that we will not affirm this plan. It is not of God." #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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Over 1500 United Methodist clergy pledge their support of UMC LGBTQ colleagues #UMCGC #ItsTime #JustLove
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Petition 20364 has passed! It enshrines local discernment about same-sex marriages. #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodistchurch #umcgc
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Today is Brett's first day at RMN! We are so excited about what they bring to the team as a long-time RUM. Will you help us welcome them?
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"My children's friends are LGBTQ, and when they hear that I am a Christian pastor, I want them to know that I love them just as they are and that Jesus loves them just as they were born." - Eunice Vega-Perez of Greater New Jersey #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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Want to talk to an LGBTQ person at #UMCGC and hear their experiences of Church and life? Come to the rainbow couches in the lobby of the first floor (upon going up the escalator of the Dome). #ForEveryoneBorn #withnotabout #UMC #UMCGC @lyncoalition @mfsavoices
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111 LGBTQI clergy say, "you cannot legislate God's call." #UMCGC #ItsTime #CalledOUT
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FUMC Tucson has their commitment to LGBTQ justice and inclusion set in stone! #standyourholyground #UMC #UMCGC #GC2019
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Good news from Norway, Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark: United Methodists largely reject the Traditionalist Plan. Norway: Switzerland: Germany: Denmark: #umc #foreveryoneborn
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Moments ago #UMCGC approved Bishops finding a way to move fwd on subject of human sexuality after delegates asked for leadership #ItsTime
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We aren't a family in the sense that we are married to each other. We're a family in that we're CHILDREN of the same God. Will those with power commit to stop abusing their siblings with less power? #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC
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Please give a hearty welcome to the newest Reconciling Community of the movement: the Wesleyan Student Association of @BUTheology in Boston, MA! You can read their welcoming statement here: #foreveryoneborn #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodist
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Reconciling United Methodists in Rockford, IL show their love for LGBTQ United Methodists #umc #umcgc #gc2019 #foreveryoneborn
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Thank you, First United Methodist Church in Seattle, WA, for recommitting to stand by LGBTQ United Methodists in the aftermath of General Conference. #umc #umcgc #gc2019 #foreveryoneborn
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Tom Berlin makes an impassioned plea that if delegates cannot vote for the OCP, that they abstain from voting - in an effort to defeat "the virus of the TP." #foreveryoneborn #UMC #UMCGC
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From Diana Butler Bass, a reminder of how United Methodism was birthed. "You've got a real chance here to be the sort of Methodists your founding generation dreamed." Read on: #umc #gc2019 #umcgc
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We are so proud of the eight teenagers who forwent confirmation last Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Omaha, NE and took a strong stand for full inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQ persons in The UMC. Read on: #umc #faithfullyLGBT #umcgc
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Grateful for this legal victory: the U.S. Constitution doesn't protect a Christian teacher harassing transgender students, even if it's his "sincerely held religious belief." #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq
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“We’ve come this far by faith,” and the road ahead is uncertain. We do not travel alone. God is with us. #ForEveryoneBorn #UMC #UMCGC #withnotabout
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First #UMC in Austin voted for no more weddings in its sanctuary until The UMC allows weddings of #LGBTQ people, too
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Please give a warm welcome to the newest Reconciling Community of the movement: the Reconciling Friends of Montgomery-Prattville, AL! You can read their welcoming statement here: #foreveryoneborn #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc
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Carly and JJ - you two give us hope in the future of Christian witness. Call out powers that be! Let privilege tremble! #UMCGC #GC2019 #Foreveryoneborn
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Please give a warm welcome to the newest Reconciling Campus Ministry of the movement: Wesley Fellowship at @DukeU in Durham, NC! You can read their welcoming statement here: #foreveryoneborn #faithfullylgbt #lgbtq #umc
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#lgbtq inclusion is for ALL. TY HA:N UMC! #foreveryoneborn #umc #umcgc
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#LGBTQ UMs (clergy/lay) in need of pastoral care: the Natl LGBTQ Taskforce has made queer/trans pastoral care providers available. (Email nstrauss @thetaskforce .org.) The Taskforce hopes to share the load of LGBTQ UMs so you can care for yourselves. #umc #foreveryoneborn #umcgc
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Clergy surrenders his credentials in solidarity with lesbian candidate delayed in ordination process #umc #lgbtq
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125 LGBTQ United Methodist clergy and candidates have come out since #umcgc . #ItsTime to let them serve w/o fear
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