Reconciling Works

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: St. James Lutheran Church (Rock Island, IL). Their welcome statement reads: “In our awareness that we are all broken people, we rejoice in God’s abundant grace. Therefore, we welcome all who are seeking God’s love and forgiveness regardless of national origin or ancestry, gender identity, sexual […]

  Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: St. John Lutheran Church (Danielson, CT). Their welcome statement reads: “Who is welcome here at St. John Lutheran Church? If you are Asian, Hispanic, Black or White… If you are male or female or transgender…. If you are three days old, 30 years old, or […]

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS) a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has been designated as Reconciling in Christ (RIC). LTSS is located in Columbia, SC and is the theological school within Lenoir-Rhyne University. Their welcome statement states: “We, the academic community of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, confess that we are given […]

Help ReconcilingWorks welcome the newest Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community: Ascension Lutheran Church (Milwaukee, WI). Their welcome statement reads: “Our present mission statement is: “We are One church, One Body, One Spirit, growing together in Christ by proclaiming the Good News and Serving All People.” It is our mission to build a church that embodies the […]

Join ReconcilingWorks in celebrating Bisexual Visibility Week with us culminating in Bi Visibility Day September 23.  As Lutherans, we embrace paradox and give thanks that our “Both/And God” calls people of all sexual orientations and gender identities “Beloved!” Our identities are lived on continua, and we know we are more than a single story. Harmful stereotypes of bisexual people […]

ReconcilingWorks applauds Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and her firm statement in support of transgender people in the latest episode of the Chicago Sun-Time’s “Face to Faith” podcast. “Our church has done work for years thinking about this. And we have come to the understanding that God’s […]

ReconcilingWorks’ celebration of the 750th Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community comes in the midst of this morning’s announcement to discriminate against transgender people by banning them from serving in the military. As transphobia increases at the local, state, and federal level, your faith community’s voice is needed to speak a truth of love and inclusion. […]