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From Boston to Kansas City, and a whole lot of places in between, join us as we travel the US this summer over 30 days, 3500 miles and 15 stops.
Come share our Living Jubilee! For more information and to follow the blog go to Living Jubilee Revival Tour. AWAB Day at the ABC Mission Summit June 23, 2013
As a part of the Living Jubilee Revival Tour, we will be in Overland Park and Kansas City for the ABC-USA Mission Summit (otherwise known as the Biennial).
Come be a part of Worship, a BBQ luncheon, and a screening of the critically acclaimed film "God Loves Uganda" on Sunday June 23 hosted by Crossroads Church in Kansas City. For information about the events click here.
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The National Voice for LGBTQ Baptists
The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) is made up of a growing number of member churches, affiliated organizations, and individuals willing to go on record as welcoming and affirming of all persons without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity. These organizations and individuals have joined together to advocate for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons within Baptist communities of faith.
As the only organization solely devoted to building the Welcoming and Affirming movement within the Baptist traditions, AWAB has a unique call to be The National Voice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied Baptists in the US, and to support the work of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists around the world. Since 1993 AWAB has been supporting churches in being and becoming Welcoming and Affirming of all people regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. We work as individuals, congregations, regional groupings and as a national body to advance the Radical Welcome and Love of God in Jesus Christ through being the Ministry of Reconciliation and building up the Beloved Community where all will be one. |
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Thank you to all of our member and affiliated congregations, organizations and our Friends who contribute to make AWAB a strong voice for inclusion in the Baptist community in the US and around the world.
With additional support from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
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Recently, two young women were married at Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, NC. The mother of one of the women walked her down the aisle to meet her partner at the altar. It was a beautiful wedding officiated by our Pastor with Adults and well attended by members of our congregation who have come to know the brides well and love them and their being a part of our church.
At the reception in the church fellowship hall after the wedding, I spoke with the mother (first, to ascertain that she was the mother) and told her how much we cared for these women. The mother said "I didn't know why they wanted to have a ceremony--but now I do." I learned later that the mother had told her daughter "this can't be a Baptist church--they don't marry Gays."
Thank God we are a church that sees all of God's children as equals and welcomes and affirms each member as they are and where they are.
Fran Langstaff
