by Bill White & Brenna Rubio | Mar 8, 2024 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Dear Pastor Conflicted about LGBTQ+ Inclusion, We have been in your shoes. You’ve started to wonder whether the church – YOUR church – needs to become more inclusive, especially of LGBTQ people, and you feel conflicted. Your heart is torn, your mind is...
by Bill White & Brenna Rubio | Oct 19, 2023 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
From the back of the gymnasium/fellowship hall, I counted 249 church-goers and leaders, and every one of them was leaning in. No one was on their phone – no, they were too intent on trying to make sense of the unusual scene unfolding in front of them. You see, last...
by Bill White & Brenna Rubio | Sep 11, 2023 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Have you been encouraged to read the Bible recently? We have. And while we love the Bible and diving into it with others, this was that special kind of “encouragement.” The kind that says, clearly you haven’t been reading it, or you haven’t been reading it correctly,...
by Bill White & Brenna Rubio | Jul 25, 2023 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
by Bill White My lesbian friend, H., approached me a bit bashfully after church one Sunday. “Bill, I’m so grateful that our church is fully welcomes LGBTQ+ folks, but I actually don’t understand why. Can you help me understand how you read the Bible as LGBTQ+...
by Bill White & Brenna Rubio | Jun 18, 2022 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
I (Bill) love the Bible and read it daily, but there are people out there who call me a heretic. I don’t say this hyperbolically. As a church, our most-watched-sermon-recording in 2021 had triple the views of most-watched #2. Why? Because a pastor with a social...
by Bill White & Brenna Rubio | Jun 5, 2022 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Guest Posts
Last week we had the privilege of interviewing the creators of #AffirmingSunday, Adam Evers and Will Remigio. Affirming Sunday is a national campaign to welcome LGBTQ+ people into affirming churches on the first Sunday of Pride month in order help them integrate their...
