Here is the latest issue of the Room for All Newsletter, which includes a focus article, “So Now What?” responding to some of the questions that have been asked about the polity implications of the recently approved General Synod Recommendation 56.
RfA doesn’t usually comment on LGBT-related reports in the national news media, and the current controversy over the public anti-gay marriage statement by the CEO of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain is no exception. However, when one of our supporters shared the recent letter that he sent to the chain’s CEO, we asked permission to post…
DetailsRoom for All is proud to be a co-sponsor of a new traveling photo/text exhibit from the Family Diversity Project. “We Have Faith” features LGBT clergy and people of faith who are serving faith communities across the country. Those who attended the 2011 “Making Room for All” national conference will remember the impact of the…
DetailsCongratulations to the First Reformed Church of Hudson, NY for being the 20th congregation in the Reformed Church in America to join the roster of welcoming and affirming “Room for All Churches.” We are grateful for their witness! This will get you started in learning more about how to become a rostered church.
The Room for All Board is grateful to all who have reached out to us since the 2012 General Synod meeting, particularly in response to Recommendation 56, regarding homosexuality. Some continue to ask whether – and how – RfA’s ministry will change as a result. We affirm that which we have already stated, that the…
DetailsWest Michigan Room for All meeting: Sunday, August 12, 6-8 pm at the home of Jan Koopman, 1602 Mackinaw Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, for the purpose of mutual encouragement, news of inclusive ministries, and looking ahead in our congregational and classis contexts. Please RSVP: koopmanjl@hotmail.com.
DetailsThe Long Island regional Room for All group will meet on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 4:00pm at St. Paul’s Reformed Church, North Babylon. This will be an opportunity for us to meet and fellowship with others desiring to advance the work of full inclusion in the Reformed Church in America. For information please contact…
DetailsFriends & Partners in Ministry,This past Monday the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America passed a recommendation that speaks directly to Room for All’s mission to advocate for the full participation of LGBT members and allies in the life and ministry of the RCA. The recommendation declared, “that homosexual behavior is a sin…
DetailsRoom for All is proud to be a covenant partner with the Room for All Christian Camp, a ministry of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, NJ. THANK YOU to our readers who caught an error in the earlier version of the brochure for the Camp. here is the new brochure. If you know of an…
DetailsRev. Pamela Pater-Ennis, an ordained minister in the RCA, a licensed clinical social worker, and a Room for All supporter, is conducting a research project for which she has asked for our help. If you are a lesbian pastor serving an RCA congregation, or a lesbian seminary student, please consider contacting Rev. Ennis to be…
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