Reconciling Works

Since 1974, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation
has advocated for the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community.  

An independent 501(c)3 organization.  

Our Mission

ReconcilingWorks advocates for the acceptance, full participation, and liberation of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions within the Lutheran Church.

Our Vision

To keep expanding the welcome, liberating those who are forced to live in the margins. To keep dismantling barriers and building bridges. To keep working until all of God's beloved have equity.

Our Values

We believe that God values and embraces each person as a beloved child, that the Spirit gives a diversity of gifts for the common good, and that Jesus Christ calls us to work for justice.

You are not alone

Supporters of LGBTQIA+ people and families are not the minority in our Lutheran church, but are the growing majority. ReconcilingWorks is committed to deepening and expanding this support, but we cannot do it without people and partners like you.

Together we make a difference!

Latest News

ReconcilingWorks at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly

ALL Things NEW at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly 

Sermons, resolutions, and memorials make history.

Churchwide Assembly

The 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly was as awesome, uplifting, and Spirit-filled as these wonderful gatherings of Lutherans are.  There were history-making firsts: the election of the fourth presiding bishop, the first female to hold that office, Elizabeth Eaton, bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod; Chris Boerger was elected Secretary of the ELCA; the presence and preaching of Guy Erwin, bishop of the Southwest California Synod as of September 21, 2013 and the passage without opposition in debate of three memorials regarding LGBT people.

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About TransLutherans

translutherans2TransLutherans is an affinity group of ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation. The primary goals of TransLutherans are several-fold:

• to lift up and provide support for transgender and gender non-conforming people;
• to call out to the people of God to welcome us as part of God’s sacred creation;
• to educate others about transgender and gender non-conforming people and the issues we face;
• to advocate for welcome and full inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming people in the life of the Church.

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