ah, interesting group. there's actually a huge amount of variation in how accepting they are of that sort of thing. there's a totally unrelated group called "Church of Christ" (non-denominational but more or less just slightly less wack baptists) which the United Church of Christ sometimes get confused with, and sometimes (areas further out from Cleveland, the OG UCofC) they kind of merge together as everyone involved gets less aware of which one they are. the nice thing is you dont get the kinda of hyper-libs you get from the fully separate groups like the harvard unitarian types or whatever, where it's just a bunch of elderly people in a room singing about nature or something cringe. (no offense to any unitarians out there)
anyway point is that's a solid choice but you gotta kinda vet which one is nuts and which one isn't because they're pretty all over the place.
Yeah you'll want to avoid the "CofC" generally as much as possible, bad news for any LGBT or anything else really. There's some real fuckers out there who set up CofC churches and put United in or around the title for no real reason, probably unaware of the UCofC/UCOC. It can be hard to tell at first too because a lot of CofC pastors won't lay all their cards on the table like baptists do in their sermons, so you can go for months without knowing they want to burn gay people
I hate that about some religious groups. Be upfront on where you stand on social issues. Put it on your website and in your pamphlets. If you have no shame in your love of God, and God guides you in all things, then own up to your bullshit so people don’t waste their time. Stop hiding behind, “God loves everyone,” when what you really want to say is, “You will never be married in this church.” I’m atheist but I used to be a believer. If they won’t tell you upfront that they will support who you marry (and will marry you in their church), or adopting children, or how you express your understanding yourself, keep walking.
ah, interesting group. there's actually a huge amount of variation in how accepting they are of that sort of thing. there's a totally unrelated group called "Church of Christ" (non-denominational but more or less just slightly less wack baptists) which the United Church of Christ sometimes get confused with, and sometimes (areas further out from Cleveland, the OG UCofC) they kind of merge together as everyone involved gets less aware of which one they are. the nice thing is you dont get the kinda of hyper-libs you get from the fully separate groups like the harvard unitarian types or whatever, where it's just a bunch of elderly people in a room singing about nature or something cringe. (no offense to any unitarians out there)
anyway point is that's a solid choice but you gotta kinda vet which one is nuts and which one isn't because they're pretty all over the place.
good luck fam
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From what I can tell that church and the UCC are in an official sort of partnership/communion, but still denominationally distinct.
Yeah you'll want to avoid the "CofC" generally as much as possible, bad news for any LGBT or anything else really. There's some real fuckers out there who set up CofC churches and put United in or around the title for no real reason, probably unaware of the UCofC/UCOC. It can be hard to tell at first too because a lot of CofC pastors won't lay all their cards on the table like baptists do in their sermons, so you can go for months without knowing they want to burn gay people
I hate that about some religious groups. Be upfront on where you stand on social issues. Put it on your website and in your pamphlets. If you have no shame in your love of God, and God guides you in all things, then own up to your bullshit so people don’t waste their time. Stop hiding behind, “God loves everyone,” when what you really want to say is, “You will never be married in this church.” I’m atheist but I used to be a believer. If they won’t tell you upfront that they will support who you marry (and will marry you in their church), or adopting children, or how you express your understanding yourself, keep walking.
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Oh I was thinking of the Disciples of Christ, not whatever you have been mentioning. Just relooked it up
Also yeah I kind of was getting that feel from the Unitarians or perhaps more specifically the UUA.