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The UCC wasn’t built to be an echo chamber. It was formed as a covenantal body that could hold difference without surrendering witness. #UCC #Covenant #OpenAndAffirming
The Church Can’t Evade Its Covenant
United Church of Christ must resist making dehumanization a price of unity
politicallypastoral.substack.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
temmarainbowchurch.bsky.social
If you would like to attend the service, please contact us via DM. The service is conducted in Japanese.

#temmarainbowchurch
#openandaffirming
#queertransformative
#queer
#queertheology
#feministtheology
#church
September 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
temmarainbowchurch.bsky.social
#temmarainbowchurch
#openandaffirming
#queertransformative
#queer
#queertheology
#feministtheology
#church
September 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
bishopbackwellug.bsky.social
🤝 Hands to work, hearts to give! 🙌🏳️‍🌈 Building an open, affirming place of worship takes a community moving with one purpose. Every dollar, prayer, and share helps us reach the finish line! 🏁✨ #UnitedInLove #OpenAndAffirming @220nfunny.bsky.social
August 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
thefccelgin.bsky.social
Living out our faith in full color! 🌈 We showed up to share joy, community, and the message of 1 Jn. 3:18: “Let us love... in truth and action.” Proud to be an open, affirming, and loving presence at Elgin Pride! ❤️✨
#elginpride #fccelgin #openandaffirming #loveinaction #godislove
June 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Happy Pride!

Anniversary Guest Spotlight S1E25 Bishop Guðrún (Church of Iceland) – A Nation Led by Women, and a Bishop Who Says Queer People Should Be Safe in Christianity

YouTube: youtu.be/m3k_7u_u46E?...

#christianity #lgbtq #ChurchOfIceland #OpenandAffirming
June 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Working on this episode with Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez - gay Christian, speaker, and author of Conversion Therapy Dropout - out now and such an important read: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...

#Christianity #deconstruction #LGBTQ #OpenAndAffirming
May 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
🎙️ 31. Jeremy Steele (United Methodist, Skeptic Pastor) - Stop Ceding Faith: Democrats and Media Need Progressive Pastors Now

Full Episode: youtu.be/Qt3ZAPONR1w?...

#Christianity #deconstruction #progressiveChristianity #ChristianNationalism #OpenAndAffirming
31. Jeremy Steele (Skeptic Pastor) - Stop Ceding Faith: Democrats & Media Need Progressive Pastors
YouTube video by The Sacred Slope
youtu.be
May 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Working on this beautiful episode of The Sacred Slope with Sara Cunningham of @freemomhugsinc.bsky.social and Kelly Mellen from Making Things Right ❤️

This conversation moved me deeply. I can’t wait for you to hear it

May 26

#lgbt #lgbtqia #openandaffirming #christianity #deconstruction #ally
May 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
What would with that moment your child trusted you enough to come out to you?

🎧 Episode with Justin Telthorst- a gay Catholic- is OUT NOW: youtu.be/dSTs09JJdn8?...

Share this with every parent

#Christianity #deconstruction #Parenting #LGBTQ #Faith #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth
April 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
What would with that moment your child trusted you enough to come out to you?

🎧 Episode with Justin Telthorst of Empty Chairs- a gay Catholic- is OUT NOW: youtu.be/dSTs09JJdn8?...

Share this with every parent

#Christianity #deconstruction #Parenting #LGBTQ #Faith #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth
April 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
This Easter, after reflecting on hearing from so many different pastors outside of American White Christian Nationalism from all over the world, this is what I know.....

#Christianity #deconstruction #reconstruction #OpenAndAffirming #antiracist #WomenInLeadership #christian
April 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
22. Rev. Brandan Robertson (Progressive Pastor)- Queer & Christian @brandanrobertson.bsky.social

Full Episode: youtu.be/_YEUMCj0fVM?...

What if being queer and Christian was never the contradiction you were taught it was?

#christian #progressiveclergy #progressivepastors #lgbtq #openandaffirming
22. Rev. Brandan Robertson (Progressive Pastor) - Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith
YouTube video by The Sacred Slope
youtu.be
April 1, 2026 at 5:35 AM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
This Easter, what if you say yes to church with your family but you choose the church this year?

Try @churchclarity.bsky.social to find a church certified "clear" near you.

#Christianity #deconstruction #easter #LGBTQ #reconstruction #progressiveclergy #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth
March 30, 2026 at 4:41 AM
onaucc.bsky.social
We had whistles. They had guns. And still we showed up! If you were at a No Kings action, share your photos + story. Text NoKings1 to 855-589-2210 or use this link: openandaffirming.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/no-kin... We would love to share your story! #ACTOUTONA #OPENANDAFFIRMING #NoKings
March 28, 2026 at 11:22 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
He was told to pray the gay away
to go to conversion therapy
to become someone God would accept

What he found instead was something far more beautiful

Rev @brandanrobertson.bsky.social- author of Queer & Christian - shares his powerful story

#Christianity #deconstruction #openandaffirming #lgbtq
March 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
🎙️ 18. Rocky Roggio (Director, 1946: The Movie) - 1946: The Year the Word “Homosexual” Entered the Bible

Full Episode: youtu.be/tzMuKhEPA8s?...

🎬 Watch the film
watch.eventive.org/1946themovie

@1946themovie.bsky.social

#Christianity #deconstruction #openandaffirming #lgbtq #progressiveclergy
🎙️ 18. Rocky Roggio (Director, 1946: The Movie): The Year the Word “Homosexual” Entered the Bible
YouTube video by The Sacred Slope
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March 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Pastor Kristian A. Smith flips the way many of us were taught to read the Bible:

🎧 Watch our full conversation on The Sacred Slope on YouTube: youtu.be/1rqp_dx6Yto?...

@thekristianasmith.bsky.social

#Christianity #deconstruction #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth
March 17, 2026 at 5:26 AM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Hey Rocky - what are some of the stories people have shared with you about how this film has impacted them?

🎬 Watch 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture on Eventive
watch.eventive.org/1946themovie...

@1946themovie.bsky.social
#1946 #LGBTQ #OpenAndAffirming #BiblicalScholarship
March 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Hey Rocky - what are some of the stories people have shared with you about how this film has impacted them?

🎬 Watch 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture on Eventive
watch.eventive.org/1946themovie...

@1946themovie.bsky.social
#1946 #LGBTQ #OpenAndAffirming #BiblicalScholarship
March 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
Hey Rocky Roggio, director of the film 1946 - what actually happened in 1946?

🎬 Watch the film or host a watch party:
watch.eventive.org/1946themovie...

@1946themovie.bsky.social

#1946 #Christianity #LGBTQ #OpenAndAffirming #deconstruction #WorldPride #reconstruction
March 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
3/3: Why are so many Christians deconstructing?

Alexis Rice is reading from God After Deconstruction by
@trippfuller.bsky.social & Tom Oord

🎧 Full episode:
youtu.be/PH-R48JHHs8?...

📖 Book:
a.co/d/05QFlB8x

#Christianity #deconstruction #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth #reconstruction
March 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
2/3: Why are so many Christians deconstructing?

Alexis Rice is reading from God After Deconstruction by
@trippfuller.bsky.social & Tom Oord

🎧 Full episode
youtu.be/PH-R48JHHs8?...

📖 Book:
a.co/d/05QFlB8x

#Christianity #deconstruction #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth #reconstruction
March 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
thesacredslope.bsky.social
1/3: Why are so many Christians deconstructing?

Alexis Rice is reading from God After Deconstruction by
@trippfuller.bsky.social & Tom Oord
🎧 Full episode- out now:
youtu.be/PH-R48JHHs8?...

📖 Book:
a.co/d/05QFlB8x

#Christianity #deconstruction #reconstruction #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth
March 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
onaucc.bsky.social
Churches across the country are asking how to become truly welcoming and affirming for LGBTQ+ people. Join us tomorrow for Walk With Us, a guided roundtable to start the Open and Affirming journey.

March 11 • 7PM ET
openandaffirming.org/walk

#UCC #OpenAndAffirming #UnitedChurchOfChrist
March 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM