Ordination
‘When we walk together in a good way, We learn to see the world Through two eyes When we walk together In a good way on Turtle Island, ...
Blog
O Death where is thy sting?
One of the depressing things about being an atheist must be that you know: that’s it. When the last breath is exhaled; the last pulse beats; the machine stops whirring: that’s it. There is no m...
Who's Counting?
It’s over two decades from the first time my call to exercise leadership and ministry was expressed by others, to reaching the next step on the journey. But hey, who’s counting…? Al...
Outreach
Trustee, George White, who attended the Outreach Conference in North America shares his reflection ...
Africa: pursuing inclusion through spirituality and faith
Adélard is the Coordinator and founder of Gay Christian Africa, a partner of OneBodyOneFaith. He is also a Trustee of OneBodyOneFaith, and lives in Italy. Names have been ch...
Church in Wales Memorial Service
Following the first LGBT+ Memorial service in London in April 2023, OneBodyOneFaith discerned with faith leaders the need to share these services across the four nations of the UK. On 26th May 24,...
European Forum
“Enlarge the place of your tent,” Memory and Prophecy, that was the theme of this year’s European Forum of LGBTI+ groups in Varese, Italy. The European Forum is an ecumenical association o...
WWJD?
In His Steps: What would Jesus do? is an 1896 book by Charles Sheldon written on a weekly basis for his Sunday night services. The original 10 cent publication sold over 100,000 copies and...
To Inclusion and Beyond
Many evangelical Christians who oppose LGBTQ+ relationships and equal marriage do so because they think that’s what they are supposed to believe. They want to be faithful to God and th...
All saints are Queer!
“One of the benefits of having a calendar of saints is that these wildly different lives speak to us in different situations and at different moments,” writes Rowan Williams. In the Church c...
A small still voice at Big Queer Carols
If you’ve never blogged before like myself, it’s difficult and uncertain to know what to write - where to start, what the tone should be and what people will be interested in. It’s like a sma...
A Christmas message from Luke Dowding
Season’s greetings from the whole OneBodyOneFaith team: staff, trustees, patrons, and volunteers! 2023 has been an immensely rewarding year for us as a charity, not only growing our staff...
Halloween; a God-given gift
Every year at about the end of September I begin to see my more conservative Christian friend start to get a bit twitchy. Not because of the start of the new term, or the impending sight of mince p...
In defence of sin…
Sin is an easy word to throw around and I suspect many of us who engage with church conversations about questions of sexuality and gender get thoroughly fed up of it. If I never have to hear someon...
UK Black Pride
Saturday 19th August was a historic day for us as an organisation for two reasons. First, OneBodyOneFaith in its Co-Chairs, Andrea and I attended UK Black Pride for the first time representing the...
General Synod in July
General Synod in July is a strange event. 450+ people take over York University and spend up to 16 hours a day together over a long weekend debating, reflecting, eating, drinking, arguing, crying,...
European Forum Conference 2023
The European Forum of LGBTI+ Christian groups was founded in 1982 and is an ecumenical association of LGBTI+ Christian groups in Europe. It currently has 46 member groups from more than 20 countrie...
Accepting Evangelicals
I feel strongly that OneBodyOneFaith speaks for and speaks to its allies. By allies I mean those who are not themselves LGBT+ but who back the call for the Churches to adopt a policy of full inclus...
Reflecting on the Memorial Service
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From Death to Life: An Easter Reflection on LGBT+ Loss of Life
I write this on Easter Sunday when we celebrate the joy of Christ risen: He has risen indeed. “Good” Friday is the day of contemplation and Sunday is the day of exaltation. But what happened on...
