Our Hope Metropolitan Community Church (OHMCC) is seeking out a part-time music director. The church, a progressive Christian congregation, is a welcoming, affirming place for all.
In an e-mail to the LGBTQA community in Athens, Pastor Renee DuBose said the following:
Are you (or someone you know) an answer to our prayers?  AND are we the answer [...]

“We can win this fight!”
These were the final words from Rev. Troy Perry’s mouth when he gave a keynote address to a crowded room at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education this past Saturday.
Perry founded the Metropolitan Community Church, a denomination made up mostly of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender congregation. And, despite a [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a four-part series by Richard Molling. We will post one reason each day for the next three days.
There are four reasons why a person should not oppose same-sex marriage. Notice that not opposing is quite different from actively supporting. We don’t have to shout our support or campaign for the concept [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a four-part series by Richard Molling. We will post one reason each day for the next three days.
There are four reasons why a person should not oppose same-sex marriage. Notice that not opposing is quite different from actively supporting. We don’t have to shout our support or campaign for the concept [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a four-part series by Richard Molling. We will post one reason each day for the next three days.
There are four reasons why a person should not oppose same-sex marriage. Notice that not opposing is quite different from actively supporting. We don’t have to shout our support or campaign for the concept [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a four-part series by Richard Molling. We will post one reason each day for the next three days.
There are four reasons why a person should not oppose same-sex marriage. Notice that not opposing is quite different from actively supporting. We don’t have to shout our support or campaign for the concept [...]

In 2003, the Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson. That move had the church split decisively.
In 2006, the same governing body made efforts to calm the waters by asking dioceses to restrain from considering gay and lesbians as potential bishops. Since then, no other openly gay person has been chosen.
On [...]

GayInAthens.com reader Gloria submitted the following question:
I would like to find a lesbian Baptist church that I can feel free to attend without people whispering. Can you help?
Well, Gloria, you’re in luck. Athens has at least two churches that are very welcoming to the LGBT community. Of course, many other churches may be accepting as [...]

Mennonites are much like the Amish. If you’ve ever been through Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, you know what I’m talking about. Horse-drawn buggies trot bristly down the country roads. Clothes are hung to dry one day during the week. Children play not with video games and computers, but with each other in the beautiful outdoors.
In [...]

[ August 22, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. August 23, 2009; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_2067" align="aligncenter" width="376" caption="Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, will be on-hand in Athens for Our Hope MCC's 10th anniversary."][/caption]

Our Hope Metropolitan Community Church recently announced several events to celebrate the Athens-based church’s 10th year serving the community. Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church and a lead plaintiff [...]

A Connecticut church performs a “gay exorcism” on a young black man. The church refused to comment to a local news station, but some from a Connecticut-based LGBT organization called True Colors made a comment about the regularity of such exercises.
From the MSNBC article:
It’s nearly impossible to say how often similar exercises occur in churches [...]

The ex-head of Milwaukee's Catholics admits he's gay.
More at MSNBC:
NEW YORK – A Roman Catholic archbishop who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being gay in an upcoming memoir about his decades serving the church.
Archbishop Rembert Weakland, former head of the Milwaukee archdiocese, said in [...]

[ April 28, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]

Good Friday is open for celebration by all.
A friend sent this to me, from the Reconciling Ministries Network:
On Good Friday I gain strength by meditating on Jesus’ integrity. By integrity I mean his wholeness, his consistency, the harmony between his words and his behavior.
His integrity resulted in his death. He taught values that were counter to the culture around him. [...]

[ April 10, 2009; 6:30 pm; April 12, 2009; 11:00 am; ] [caption id="attachment_922" align="aligncenter" width="455" caption="Our Hope MCC"][/caption]

Our Hope MCC announced the following events for Good Friday (April 10) and Easter (April 12).

Event: Good Friday Service
Location: Presbyterian Student Center @ 1250 S. Lumpkin Street
Times: 6:30 p.m.
About Event: This annual Good Friday event will include “The Stations of the Cross” and will close with communion. All are [...]