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Baptist Groups Stand
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WASHINGTON (ABP) – Three
Baptist groups released a joint statement Oct. 11
calling for action to stop a series of shootings and
violent attacks targeting transgender victims in
Washington, D.C.
Leaders of the
Alliance of Baptists, the Association of Welcoming
and Affirming Baptists and Baptist Peace Fellowship
of North America called on community leaders to stop
a “blight of violence and hatred” against
transgender victims in the nation’s capital.
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Reflection on AWAB at
ABC/USA Biennial Meeting
in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Dear Friends, As fly
home from the ABC Biennial I am still in awe of the
events that have unfolded over the last few days.
Having been in the belly of the SBC beast just a few
short weeks ago I should have known that we were in
a radical shift in the Baptist world as it relates
to the LGBTQ community, but nothing could have
prepared me for what happened at the Biennial and
the long-term implications that this has for us as
the historic Baptist core.
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AWAB Booth in San Juan
Convention Center. |
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Jennifer Knapp and Other
Highlight of AWAB National
Gathering and BPFNA
Peace Camp |
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As a national body AWAB
holds a general meeting at least once every two
years. In the past we have met during the American
Baptist Biennial. This year, our first official
year of meeting apart from the ABC, we met during
the Baptist Peace Fellowship at North America’s
summer gathering, or “peace camp.” What a joy it
was to be surrounded by so many Baptist friends,
colleagues, and supporters!
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Jennifer Knapp and fans
at AWAB National Gathering. |
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AWAB
& LGBT Coalition Have Historic Meeting with SBC
President |
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A
coalition of religious and secular organizations
advocating to end the harm caused to gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender youth by religion-based bigotry
met Wednesday in a historic meeting with the president
of the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, Ariz. It
was the first time any LGBT advocacy organization, much
less five different groups, has ever sat down with the
head of the Southern Baptist Convention..
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Jack McKinney, center, and
Mitchell Gold, left, talk with SBC President Bryant
Wright, right, in the Phoenix Convention Center at the
Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.
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Statement for SBC
Press Conference and
Action |
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Over the last twenty
years I have watched as Baptist churches of all
stripes have been shunned, chastised, and dis-fellowshipped
because they dare to believe that lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people are equal in the
eyes of God. These churches and communities have
gone so far as to say that LGBT people should have
the same rights and responsibilities, the same
freedoms, and the same opportunities as the
heterosexual community.
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Executive Director,
Robin Lunn, speaking at SBC meeting. Photo
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Please
help support the ongoing
voice of inclusion by
making a one time donation or by becoming a
member of the Judson Society and donating
monthly. |
Become
an individual Friend of AWAB by joining online.
For church membership, please click the
membership link above. |
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Who We Are |
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The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists
(AWAB) is an organization of churches willing to go on record as welcoming and affirming
all persons without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity, and who have joined together to advocate for the full inclusion
of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons within Baptist communities of faith.
We are also made up of group and individual Friends of AWAB
who seek to join with us in broadening the welcome to all. Our unique makeup helps make AWAB The National Voice for
LGBT Baptists. |
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Vision Statement of the Association of Welcoming &
Affirming Baptists |
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We envision that the day may speedily come within Baptist
Churches when no one shall feel excluded from God's love in Jesus Christ because of their sexual orientation
and gender identity. |
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Contact Information NEW
PHONE NUMBER
The Association of
Welcoming & Affirming
Baptists
PO Box 545, Kensington,
MD 20895
NEW Phone Number
240-242-9220
General information:
mail@wabaptists.org
Other contact emails on
Council page
AWAB Administration
(including donations and
financial matters)
admin@wabaptists.org |
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