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Broadway United Church of Christ covenants for the openness and affirmation of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons.

We know that as Christians, we are many members, but are one body in Christ-members of one another, and that we all have different gifts.  With Jesus, we affirm that we are called to love our neighbors as ourselves, that we are called to act as agents of reconciliation and wholeness within the world and within the church itself.

We know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are often scorned by the church, and devalued and discriminated against both in the church and in society.  We at Broadway UCC commit ourselves to caring and concern for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sisters and brothers by affirming that:

     *  we believe that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people share with others the worth that comes from being unique individuals;

     *  we welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people to join our congregation in the same spirit and manner used in, the acceptance of any new members;

     *  we recognize the presence of ignorance, fear and hatred in the church and in our culture, and covenant to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, nor any other irrelevant factor, and we seek to include and support those who, because of this fear and prejudice, find themselves in exile from a spiritual community;

     *  we seek to address the needs and advocate the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in our church and in society by actively encouraging church instrumentalities and secular governmental bodies to adopt and implement policies of non-discrimination; and

     *  we join together as a covenantal community, to celebrate and share our common communion and the reassurance that we are indeed created by God, reconciled by Christ and empowered by the grace of the Holy Spirit.