The Bible’s Witness to Welcome of LGBTQIA+ People: Disarming the Clobber Passages

Sexual Orientation
Written By TJ Remaley

Through in-depth study of a few of the texts that have been used to condemn the LGBTQIA+ community, this workshop by the Rev. Nanette Sawyer at Covenant Conversation: Chicago reclaims the Bible as a tool of inspiration rather than a weapon of domination and exclusion.

 

The Rev. Nanette Sawyer is a PC(USA) pastor at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, with responsibility for relational small group ministries, including the LGBTQIA+ fellowship group (Widen Our Welcome – WOW), interfaith relations, and racial equity concerns.

TJ Remaley
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