Reconciling Ministries are committed to achieving LGBTQ+ justice and full inclusion in the life and leadership of The United Methodist Church.
Small groups and ministries are invited to explore becoming a Reconciling Community. Groups and individuals can join the Reconciling movement by visiting the Reconciling Ministries Network website.
While Glen Mar Church is not a Reconciling Congregation, we do have Reconciling ministries that offer safe spaces that welcome and affirm ALL people.
The Reconciling Ministries Network’s foundational statement:
“We celebrate God’s gift of diversity and value the wholeness made possible in community equally shared and shepherded by all. We welcome and affirm people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, who are also of every age, race, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, level of education, and family structure, and of every economic, immigration, marital, and social status, and so much more. We acknowledge that we live in a world of profound social, economic, and political inequities. As followers of Jesus, we commit ourselves to the pursuit of justice and pledge to stand in solidarity with all who are marginalized and oppressed.”
RECONCILING MINISTRIES AT GLEN MAR
Alphabet Soup – Can You DIG (Diversity & Inclusion at Glen Mar) It?
Alphabet Soup is a small group at Glen Mar dedicated to creating a safe space for people of every gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and so much more. As a Reconciling Community, we are committed to achieving LGBTQ+ justice and full inclusion in the life and leadership of The United Methodist Church, and we affirm the Reconciling Ministries Network’s foundational statement.
Social Justice Group
The Social Justice Group is a small group at Glen Mar whose mission is to unite United Methodist activists to build and bridge communities that welcome and affirm people to be their whole selves by resisting and interrupting systems that oppress and marginalize.
