RELIGION (PFLAG FCA NYC brochure, Religious groups and their booklets, On the Bible, Other booklets and DVDs)
Answers to Questions About Religion and Homosexuality
Religious groups and their booklets (partial list of religious groups who support LGBT persons)
Church of St. Francis Xavier. We are called to respond to God in our time by being a community where seekers and their questions are welcomed, where injustice in all forms is challenged, where the alienated and the marginalized find a home, and where people are refreshed, reconciled, and renewed in their journey to God. Standing together as a people of hope, we seek to realize the Reign of God. http://www.sfxavier.org/.
Gay and Lesbian Catholics: Women and men meet the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month to discuss what it is to be gay/lesbian and Catholic in the New York City setting and how best to live out their commitment to the Gospel. http://www.sfxavier.org/groups.html
Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist. Mission: To grow as a caring, justice-making, anti-racist, diverse, spiritual community. www.ccny.org
Community Unitarian Church. All are welcome here, without distinction of race, class, gender, sexual orientation or creed. http://www.cucwp.org/
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah Synagogue is New York City's synagogue for the New York metropolitan area's 200,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews, as well as our families and friends. Founded in 1973, and under the leadership of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum since 1992, CBST has become the largest GLBT synagogue in the world and arguably one of the most influential. CBST is an important voice in Judaism; in the worldwide discourse on the nature of religious community; and in the movement to secure basic civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and throughout the world. http://cbst.org/index.shtml
DIGNITY USA: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Catholics. DignityUSA works for respect and justice for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Catholic Church and the world through education, advocacy and support. http://www.dignityusa.org/
Frequently Asked Questions About Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender and Catholic,
The following was written for DignityUSA by Daniel A. Helminiak, the author of What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. He holds a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston College and Andover Newton Theological School, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. For 28 years, he served as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of Dignity/Atlanta. http://www.dignityusa.org/faq.html
Evangelicals Concerned Inc. We are the national network of gay and lesbian evangelical Christians and friends. A non-profit organization founded in 1975 by Dr. Ralph Blair. EC has served the gay community for a quarter century, providing hope, encouragement, teaching and fellowship to women and men seeking to integrate their faith and sexual orientation. http://www.ecinc.org/
First Unitarian Congregation Society Brooklyn, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation. We are a welcoming congregation, celebrating the lives of all people and their ways of expressing love to each other, and we have a dedicated focus on promoting social justice and equality through our words and actions http://www.fuub.org/public/
Lutheran Church of the Transfiguration 763 Prospect Ave- BX, NY 10455, 718-378-3588
Metropolitan Community Church of NY, Metropolitan Community Church of New York, like MCC's around the globe, has a bold vision of social justice that seeks to transform hearts, lives, and history. We are called to "Do justice, show kindness, and live humbly with God," (Micah 6:8). For us, working for social justice is in the world is central to our community of faith. We are an international movement of Christian Churches reaching in and beyond the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and heterosexual communities that has preached a three-pronged Gospel of salvation, community and social justice for 38 years.
http://www.mccny.org/index.php
Other Sheep - Multicultural Ministries with Sexual Minorities is the only worldwide ecumenical Christian organization dedicated to empowering sexual minorities throughout the world with the Good News of God's unconditional love for all and salvation through God's Son, Jesus Christ. With other LGBT activists throughout the world, we recognize that ideological fundamentalism in various religions, especially Christianity, Judaism and Islam, constitutes the major obstacle to justice for our people. www.othersheep.org/
Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Bronxvi, NY. www.rpc-bx.org/
Riverside Church in New York City (THE), www.theriversidechurchny.org/,
Maranatha: is a ministry of The Riverside Church, is committed to serving God by fostering greater understanding while promoting equity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning people, http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/search/index.php?area=5&q=Maranatha,
Riversiders for LGBT Concerns [maranathatrc@hotmail.com].
SOULFORCE: The mission of Soulforce is to cut off homophobia at its source -- religious bigotry. Soulforce uses a dynamic "take it to the streets" style of activism to connect the dots between anti-gay religious dogma and the resulting attacks on the lives and civil liberties of LGBT Americans. We apply the creative direct action principles taught by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. to peacefully resist injustice and demand full equality for LGBT citizens and same-gender families. http://www.soulforce.org/
Soulforce in New York City, http://www.soulforce.org/article/116
St. Ann's Episcopal Church, 295 St. Ann's Avenue Bronx, NY 10458. (718)585-5632; staff speak both English and Spanish.
St. John the Divine (The Cathedral of), Espiscopal,
www.stjohndivine.org/,
West Siders for Peace and Justice,
http://www.stjohndivine.org/social_ccc.html
Unitarian Church of All Souls. ... We believe in the worth and dignity of each human being. All people on earth have an equal claim to life, liberty, and justice -- and no idea, ideal, or philosophy is superior to a single human life. www.allsoulsnyc.org
Unity Fellowhip Church: God is Love and Love is for Everyone. It is impossible to love each other without a sense of mutual (equal) worth and respect for each other. The church subscribes to the Liberation Theology what is: not a male dominated hierarchy; not oppressive to women; not just European in scope, and must relate to people of color and their various cultures around the world; not oppressive to Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Bisexual people, and allows us to think and discern through human reason and experience; not oppressive to Native Americans or their spirituality or any other oppressive use of scripture. http://www.unityfellowshipchurch.org/
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens welcomes people of all races, ethnic origins, religious backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations and the differently abled. Our welcome is grounded in our Unitarian Universalist principles and flows naturally from our tradition of freedom; of creativity; of respect for intuition and reason and life experience; as well as the wisdom of the past.
www.uucqueens.org
On the Bible and Religion
Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair: My Spiritual Journey. John McNeill. Westminster John Knox Press, 1998.
Can Homophobia Be Cured? Wrestling with Questions that Challenge the Church. Bruce Hilton, Abington Press, 1992.
Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends. Chris Glaser. Westminster John Knox Press, 1991.
Lord Given Lovers: The Holy Union of David & Jonathan. Christopher Hubble. Hubble Books, 2003. http://www.hubblebooks.com/
Homosexuality and Religion. Richard Hasbany, editor. Haworth Press, 1990.
In God's Image; Christian Witness to the Need for Gay/Lesbian Equality in the Eyes of the Church. Robert Warren Cromey. Alamo Square Press, San Francisco, 1991.
Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? A Positivie Christian Response. Letha Scanzoni and Virginia R. Mollenkott, Harper San Francisco, 1994.
The New Testament and Homosexuality. Robin Scroggs, Augsburg Fortress, 1984.
Pastor, I Am Gay. Rev. Howard H. Bess. Palmer Publishing Company, 1995.
The Poetics of Intimacy and the Problem of Sexual Abstinence. Published by Peter Lang, 2000.
Stranger at the Gate. Rev. Mel White, Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Twice Blessed: On Being Gay & Jewish. Christie Balka and Andy Rose, editors. Beacon Press, 1989.
What the Bible Says -And Doesn’t Say- About Homosexuality, by Rev. Mel White, co-founder of Soulforce.
http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. Daniel A. Helminiak, Ph.D. Alamo Square Press, May 2000
Other booklets and DVDs:
ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
http://www.unlearninghomophobia.com/unlearning.htm
And God Loves Each One: It is a catalyst for a new dialogue about sexual orientation in churches and communities. It’s about growing and bringing gay and straight people together—united by their profound faith that God indeed loves each one. http://www.godloveseachone.org/
