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My Mind Was Changed

A New Way to Talk with Conflicted Christians about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Church and Societyhttp://groundswell-mvmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/My-Mind-Was-Changed.pdf

Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People FAQs

Life at the Intersection | Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland is my “home away from home.” For five years, Baltimore was my home. I learned how to be a musician and teacher at Peabody Institute, learned how to live “on my own” with a lot of help from friends and neighbors, and taught in the Baltimore City Public Schools for one delightful year. […]

MN Lutherans Against “License to Discriminate” Laws

ReconcilingWorks recently participated in OutFront Minnesota’s Lobby Day, and in a direct action, marched to Minnesota Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt’s office asking him to stop allowing bills that hurt LGBT people, their families, and black lives. As Lutherans, our faith teaches us to love God and love our neighbor, it is not our place […]

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Gettysburg Seminary Becomes RIC

The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, has been designated as Reconciling in Christ (RIC). Gettysburg joins Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, as the fourth ELCA seminary to become RIC. […]

Deepening and Expanding the RIC Program During Times of Transition

  Regional Coordinator (RC) Retreat: April 10 – 12th ReconcilingWorks regional coordinators (RC) gathered from across the country for a weekend of renewal and visioning as ReconcilingWorks continues to live into the mission of creating welcome, inclusion, and equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and families. Regional Coordinators, staff and Board Co-Chair Mike […]

ReconcilingWorks Statement on Anti-LGBT “License to discriminate” Laws

For over 40 years, ReconcilingWorks has worked for the welcome, inclusion and equity of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities within the Lutheran Communion and society. Our Lutheran faith shapes and informs our beliefs that God values and embraces each person as a beloved child, that the Spirit gives a diversity of gifts […]