Union of Affirming Christians

12/13/2022

A historic day! Wonderful to celebrate it with Michael and Pat.

08/30/2020

According to a list shared exclusively with Religion News Service by organizers, the mass endorsement will come from a diverse slate of religious leaders, many of whom are backing a candidate publicly for the first time.

The Rev. Fred Davie, a Presbyterian minister and executive vice president of Union Theological Seminary in New York, was the chief organizer of the endorsements. “Our country is at an historic inflection point and in desperate need of moral leadership,” he said in a statement to RNS. “This election presents a stark moral contrast between the common good values of the Biden-Harris agenda and the divisiveness of the current administration.”

Davie is also chair of the multi-religious advocacy group Faith 2020.

(RNS) — ‘I think progressive Christianity is a sleeping giant,’ said the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber.

06/19/2020

Looking for a way to lean in together on Juneteenth? Join Faith 2020 for an important anti-racism conversation with Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, Josef Sorett, Fred Davie & Derrick Harkins.... It's not too late to RSVP

On Juneteenth, with the backdrop of a racial pandemic and Trump's first rally since the Coronavirus outbreak (held near historic Black Wall Street in Tulsa OK) we'll convene an important conversation about race, faith and intentional ways forward. Dr. Josef Sorett of Columbia University and Union Th...

06/15/2020

Finally, some GOOD NEWS

While Title VII bars discrimination on the basis of “race, color, national origin, s*x, and religion,” the original bill didn’t define “s*x” as a term.

10/09/2019

Really grateful for the life and witness of Rachel Held Evans Legacy - check out her powerful post, which she was working on before her untimely passing. ❤️

If you’re a gay, le***an, bis*xual, transgender, or q***r reader, I hope you already know you don’t need my affirmation to live whole and joyful lives, just as God made you. You are beloved children of God, and there is nothing I or any other Christian writer or church leader can say to alter th...

10/08/2019

Watching the Supreme Court today and praying they’ll do what’s right when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace 🙏 🏳️‍🌈

Aimee Stephens finally mustered the courage back in 2013 to tell her co-workers about something that she had struggled with her entire life: her gender identity.

09/20/2019

Why is Ben Carson able to get away with these kind of hateful, derogatory comments? Praying and acting for change...

During his visit to San Francisco this week, the Housing and Urban Development Secretary also lamented that society no longer seemed to know the difference between men and women, according to three people who were present. Carson’s remarks, which visibly shocked people at the gathering, are part o...

09/04/2019

It’s time to fully, forever, ban so-called gay conversion therapy. It’s unChristian and absolutely cruel. Gratitude and love for leaders and families opening their eyes and hearts!! 🏳️‍🌈

The founder of one of the nation’s largest conversion therapy programs, who spent decades leading the organization, now says he is gay, apologizing for his role in the practice.