MIND Initiatives

MIND works year-round with local congregations to help them develop and expand LGBT-inclusive ministries. We also sponsor events, speakers, and trainings. We are committed to living the radically inclusive Gospel right here and right now rather than waiting for institutional change, but we simultaneously work within the institutional structures of the UMC in a variety of ways, including our witness at the NYAC annual conference session every June.

Current initiatives

MIND Judicial Council case

 “Believe Out Loud” gatherings and witness

Hate crimes symposium

Congregational development and outreach 

Past initiatives

Annual conference witness 2010

Open letter to the church on marriage equality 

Documenting NYAC’s reconciling history 

Annual conference witness 2009

Annual conference witness 2008

Resource delivery to district superintendents