Kirchliche Beziehungen
Seeking to improve the relationship between the LGBTIQ community and the Adventist church.
Through its Church Relations program, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International seeks to build a positive relationship between members of the LGBTIQ+ community and the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
Most churches have members who may be LGBTIQ+, and many LQBTIQ+ people may walk into Seventh-day Adventist churches every Sabbath. Due to the long history of homophobia in many churches, many LGBTIQ+ people must remain "in the closet" while at church because the church has proven itself to not be a safe place.
The goal of our Church Relations team is to:
- Dialogue with pastors, administrators, educators, and churches about how to be more loving towards LGBTIQ+ people
- Maintain a list of welcoming or loving Seventh-day Adventist churches where LGBTIQ+ people can attend and feel loved, included, and a sense of belonging
- Consult with specific pastors and churches on how they can effect change in their spaces to be more Christlike towards LGBTIQ+ people
- Work with faculty and students to address issues of bullying, harassment, and making classrooms a “safe place” for any students who experience marginalization. Kinship also supports the work of the Intercollegiate Adventist GSA Coalition (IAGC) on various college/university campuses.
- The Church Relations team works to provide support to churches and pastors who are seeking to make their church a welcoming place for members of the LGBTIQ community.
Contact: Director of Church Relations 
