3. Bering Memorial United Methodist Church 1440 Harold

If your heart is wounded by non-acceptance from family, friends, and community over being LGBT, then there is no better place to go than Bering. Since 1986 the Bering Support Network has been offering counseling and help to people with HIV/AIDS, and this has transcended into work into the greater gay community as a whole. Consistently they offer open arms to people of all walks of life, and advocate for equal recognition in worship.

2. Grace Lutheran Church 2515 Waugh Drive

As pastor Lura Groen puts it...

Grace Lutheran celebrates the way God has created us in all as people of God. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people are not only welcome at Grace Lutheran, but we are able to use our many gifts to serve God in leadership and for the healing of the world. We love our diverse community where people who are straight and queer sing in choir together, where homeless and wealthy people usher together, where black, white, brown worship God together, and we all learn how to better love God and each other.

1. Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church 2025 W 11th Street

I'm going to let the Rev. Troy Treash do this one for me...

RMCC specifically reaches out to LGBTQ persons. Our denomination was founded 45 years ago specifically for LGBTQ people. So every Sunday hundreds of LGBTQ folk their children, families, and allies join at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. in worship to celebrate their faith and their love.

LGBTQ people have always been and continue to be an integral part of the family of faith, now more openly than historically was possible. Resurrection lives out the great commandment to Love God and Love Neighbor and in so doing lives at the heart of Christianity.

Can't beat that.

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