Queer and Christian without contradiction
We are called to be -
A flourishing Christian community that works collaboratively with our Danforth East neighbourhood to ensure that all are fed, with full participation of all people in our life & work;
Embracing those of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, family structures, classes, beliefs, & abilities, and striving to keep them safe.
— KPUC’s Vision Statement
What does being affirming mean to us?
We affirm that the congregation, staff and community of Kimbourne Park United Church includes those who are:
Certain of their beliefs, seeking and doubting;
Straight, gay, bisexual, asexual;
Transgender, cisgender, gender non-conforming, questioning;
Men, women and non-binary;
Young, old, and in between;
Single, married, poly, or divorced;
Of many abilities and disabilities;
Of many races, including Black and Indigenous peoples.
All of these people, in all dimensions of their humanity, are accepted, beloved, and should be embraced in all components of our collective life and work. We are committed to honour and celebrate all people’s experience.
We acknowledge that the Church has contributed to injustice and violence, including the colonization of Indigenous nations and the propagation of homophobia and transphobia, and that this has contravened Christ’s calling.
In Jesus’ teaching, we witness a vision of a just, flourishing and interconnected world in which all oppression has ceased, and are all called to participate in nourishing that vision into being in our context.
We are all called to work together, to feed all of God’s people: body, mind, and spirit.
