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A multicultural gathering of LGBTQ+ seekers, woven together by faith and Love
A multicultural gathering of LGBTQ+ seekers, woven together by faith and Love
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The mission of Faith Tapestry Community Church is "to be a multicultural gathering of LGBTQ+ seekers, woven together by faith and Love." Back in 2015, when the only predominantly LGBTQ+ church in the New Haven area closed, the Reverend Dr. Daniel Rodriguez Schlorff, with robust co-leadership from a ministry student at Hartford Seminary, founded a small group of LGBTQ+ Christians. A small group began to meet monthly for Sunday evening worship, and then gradually, we added a monthly MeetUp to study the Bible at a local pub. Now worshiping more regularly, on Sunday mornings, and with new seekers woven in with the original flock from the church that closed, the Core Team (church board) felt led by God to find a network of support for our growing church. They re-cast the church's vision during the COVID-19 quarantine of 2020. By getting clear about who we need to be now, it became obvious that we needed to partner with a tradition which is deeply committed to the difficult work of intersectional reconciliation, acknowledging and celebrating who we are in the categories of race, gender, sexuality, faith, and in any social location. Our new ministry partners welcome us with open arms and recognize us fully as a church, just as we are.
For our full story, see the About page
As an autonomous congregation, Faith Tapestry Community Church voluntarily affiliates with these organizations:
Faith Tapestry is not Southern Baptist.
Once again, we are not in any way affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, which has objectively abandoned the Baptist principles of separation of church and state, the right of private judgment or "freedom of conscience," soul liberty, and the autonomy of the individual church. Moreover, it still does not allow gifted women to serve as ministers, let alone Spirit-filled LGBTQ+ clergy. In such quenching of the Spirit, the Southern Baptist Convention betrays hallmark Baptist ideals. In fact, they betray the very essence of the word 'Baptist.'
Particularly when it comes to church collusion with the state, the founder of the Baptists in the European occupation of the "New" World, Roger Williams, calls such colluding churches "irredeemably corrupt" (Ephesians 5:11). We fully agree. Of course, the Puritans banished Williams from the Massachusetts Bay Colony (c. 1636) for this and other "dangerous and new ideas." And Faith Tapestry Community Church may be marginalized by some who call themselves Baptist. That being said, we will continue to preach the Gospel in light of our deeply and sincerely held religious belief of God's absolutely unconditional love.
