Coalition of Welcoming Congregations of the Bay Area

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Shaping a new public discourse on religion and sexuality.

Transforming religious institutions and faith communities.

Advancing the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Coalition of Welcoming Congregations

Who We Are

The Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC) helps congregations to bring spirituality out of the closet by encouraging them to:

engage in the “best practices” of inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning individuals into their spiritual communities
and engage in what we call “sacred activism”, which is to take their spiritual convictions for social justice / public witness outside the walls of their meeting space.

Programs

We are made up of over 200 congregations in the various counties of the Bay Area that include Jewish, Buddhist and Christian communities. Our programming includes:

partnering with Communities of Color, Mormon and Catholic people of faith to work towards the right to marry
supporting congregations in their public witness for important causes such as immigration rights and economic justice
encouraging clergy in their efforts to make their congregations more welcoming and inclusive to anyone who has been excluded from worship communities.

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Coalition of Welcoming Congregations

Who We Are

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