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and that the church needs to be ready and equipped to walk alongside such brothers and sisters.

Sam Allberry • Is God anti-gay? (Questions Christians Ask)

Who am I? How should I act? What do I believe? I call this membership identity.

Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging

I placed the word gay under the lordship of Christ; it is no longer a competitive identity to “in Christ” but a beautiful reminder of my submission to his lordship over my whole life, including my sexuality.

David Bennett • A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus

The simplest way to tell the story of my life is as an ongoing formation through a series of very muscular institutions: family, the Church, an all-boys Catholic school, the Marine Corps, Little League, and my local Fire Department. Each of these institutions had strong norms that facilitated connecting across difference—and, in practice, each of t... See more

Jason Mangone • The paradox of “muscular institutions”

design our ministries

Kelly M. Kapic • Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream

relationships.

Alan J. Roxburgh • Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World

Our communities should be the most palpable expression of the gospel within the church.

Brad House • Community

The Shift from a Convergent to a Divergent Culture

Gil Rendle • Quietly Courageous

Those who are given that vocation will only survive it to the extent that they are surrounded by a robust community of fearless friends. And it is such communities, not just their famous representatives, that can actually transform culture. Communities are the way God intervenes to offer, within every culture, a different and better horizon. To be