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Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility

Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility

Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility

When it comes to matters of gender and sexuality in the AME Church -- and especially the law prohibiting same-sex marriage, we must ask: What kind of church do we want to be? What kind of people do we want to be? Can we collectively hear God’s voice and respond to these questions?

We Are Building Up A New World

Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility

Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility

This article is an extended version of "Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility"

What Does the Bible Really Say About Gender, Sex & Homosexuality

Being The Church of The Future: The Case for A Hermeneutics of Humility

What Does the Bible Really Say About Gender, Sex & Homosexuality

This document provides accurate interpretations of scriptures often weaponized against LGBTQ+ people. The interpretations offered both destabilize this weaponization of the scripture and explain the overarching sexual ethic toward which these scriptures point.

CEASEFIRE!

The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics

What Does the Bible Really Say About Gender, Sex & Homosexuality

This article calls for an end to Israel's war on Palestine and Palestinians.

G*d Sees, Hears, Knows & Loves

The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics

The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics

This article builds on Bishop Vashti McKenzie's message at the 2021 General Conference, “Between What Is And What Could Be,” contemplating what it is for we who are the "rainbow black sheep" of the AME family to be seen, heard, known, and loved.

The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics

The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics

The Fire This Time: AME Sexual Politics

This article calls for official dialogue on sexuality and LGBTQ+ inclusion within the AME Church.

Are We Palestinians' Keepers?

Now On Sexuality in the AME Church

Are We Palestinians' Keepers?

This article calls for the a closer consideration of the plight of Palestinians.

Who Will Go On Record?

Now On Sexuality in the AME Church

Are We Palestinians' Keepers?

This article calls for LGBTQ+ allies and advocates to give voice to their LGBTQ+ support within the AME Church -- with reference to Pope Francis's evolution on homosexuality.

Now On Sexuality in the AME Church

Now On Sexuality in the AME Church

"Discuss and Debate" - Toward a Balanced Conversation

This article articulates a way forward for the AME Church as it pertains to sexuality in general and LGBTQ+ people and communities in particular.

"Discuss and Debate" - Toward a Balanced Conversation

"Discuss and Debate" - Toward a Balanced Conversation

"Discuss and Debate" - Toward a Balanced Conversation

This article is a response to “The Church and the Transgender Debate” by the Rev. Dr. C. Dennis Williams in The Christian Recorder.

A Note on “G*d”

"Discuss and Debate" - Toward a Balanced Conversation

A Note on “Quare”

What's "G*d"? This brief note provides a short explanation of the term.

A Note on “Quare”

"Discuss and Debate" - Toward a Balanced Conversation

A Note on “Quare”

What's "quare"? This brief note provides an explanation of the term.