For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Anglicans
We take pride in having been described by our Bishop as “one of the most diverse and stimulating churches in the diocese”. Whilst not a “gay” church, whatever that may mean, it is an accepting and inclusive congregation, and same sex partnerships have been celebrated here for over 30 years. Parish St John Chrysostom, [...]
We are a thriving, open and inclusive catholic anglican parish, unique in the area. We welcome people regardless of things like age, gender, sexuality, ability, age, skin colour, background, social status, education, mental health… We don’t expect anybody to change before they join us in worship: but we all expect to change as we worship! We try [...]
St Peter’s is a modern church building where the main worship area and meeting rooms are the venue for many community groups and activities during the week. The congregation and their new vicar (appointed March 2012) want the congregation to do worship which is lively and fun, reverent and holy, and be a congregation that [...]
We are a church where people who want to get involved can. We believe our faith leads us to get involved with the community around us and with issues in the wider world. This is why you will see a number of people heavily involved on the two large council estates in our parish – [...]
The trustees of Changing Attitude England met yesterday in central London, in a room overlooking Piccadilly Circus. A potential new lesbian trustee also joined us. The landscape in which our campaign for the full inclusion of LGB&T people in the Church of England is being progressed had changed dramatically following the no vote on women in [...]
This Church has been serving the community of Rottingdean and its surrounding area since before the Norman Conquest. Here at St.Margaret’s we mean it when we proclaim that “All are Welcome”. We live by our Lord’s teaching that we must not judge others lest we be judged ourselves and so whoever you are, from wherever [...]
The Government has issued a Consultation document on allowing Civil Partnerships to be held in religious buildings. The Archbishop of Canterbury and an anonymous CofE spokesperson have both previously said it isn’t going to be allowed. Changing Attitude will respond positively to the government’s Consultation and will also begin to campaign actively for the Church [...]
We have assembled our congregation at St John’s into five groups of 30-40 people, which we are calling “Pastorates”. Each Pastorate has a team of three Co-ordinators whose role is to find out how each person would like to be involved in the Pastorate, to pray for everyone in the group, get to know them, [...]
One of the commitments Changing Attitude has made this year is to become more involved with the various Pride events taking place around the country. This weekend it was Norwich and Leeds and I preached at the Pride Eucharist at All Hallows Leeds at 10.30 on Sunday morning. Following lunch we drove to Leeds parish [...]
