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About Affirmation

Affirmation is an activist, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization with no official ties to The United Methodist Church. Tax-deductible contributions to Affirmation are welcome. Donate securely online through the mail. All contributors of $25 or more will be considered members of Affirmation (unless they request otherwise) and will receive the quarterly newsletter.

Affirmation's Mission Statement: As an independent voice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people, Affirmation radically reclaims the compassionate and transforming gospel of Jesus Christ by relentlessly pursuing full inclusion in the Church as we journey with the Spirit in creating God's beloved community.

• Introduction to Affirmation Membership Brochure, PDF format.
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• A Brief History of Affirmation: 1972-2000.
• Policy Statement on War.
• Support Affirmation.
• Join Affirmation! Membership form and mailing instructions.

Resources

• Join "Called Out" (email edition) for the fastest LGBT news. Sign up on the web or send a blank e-mail to UMCalledOut-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
  Called Out's messages are now available in RSS format. You can read RSS messages in My Yahoo!, an RSS reader or a news aggregator, or display them in your web log ("blog") for others to see. The feed is http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/UMCalledOut/rss.
• Day of Silence
  The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in collaboration with the United States Student Association (USSA), is a student-led day of action. This year it happens April 13, 2005.
• Reconciling Ministries Contact Lists
  Three lists: Reconciling Communities, Reconciling Ministries Conference Coordinators, and Parents' Reconciling Network Conference Coordinators. Reconciling Communities include United Methodist congregations, campus ministries, conferences and other groups have made a public declaration that they welcome all persons, regardless of sexual orientation to participate fully in the life of their community.

Spirituality and Theology

• Spiritual Resources: Prayers, Poems, Stories, Sermons
• United Methodist Theology and Doctrine John Wesley's sermons, including "Catholic Spirit", UM Doctrinal Standards, Social Principles and more.

Archives

Note: Current news and additional news from 1999 to the present are archived in CALLED OUT (YahooGroups).

• Affirmation's News Archives: 2005-2008.
• Affirmation's News Archives: 2003-2004.
• General Conference News, April-May 2004. Affirmation's daily newsletters and links to other sources, including MFSA and the Reconciling Ministries Network.
• General Conference 2000, May 2-12, 2000. Affirmation's daily newsletters, AMAR news releases and more.
• Affirmation's News Archives: 1998-2000.
• CORNET's News Archives 2000.
• CORNET's News Archives 1999.
• CORNET's News Archives 1997-98.
• Beth Stroud Trial and Appeal
• Affirmation: News & Commentary
• Coming Out of the Shadows: Beth Stroud's Appeal by Vivian Waltz, Affirmation, May 21, 2005.
• Beth Stroud's Appeal: Initial Report from Affirmation, April 29, 2005.
• Amazing Grace Under Fire: Reflections from the Opening Day--December 1, 2004, December 8, 2004.
• Stroud's Credentials Stripped: Statement, December 3, 2004.
• Affirmation Co-spokesperson Urges Continued Prayers for Beth Stroud, November 28, 2004.
• A Matter of Fairness and Prudence: Decision Reversed in the Stroud Appeal by Kathryn Johnson, Executive Director Methodist Federation for Social Action, May 2005.
• Bethstroud.info News about Beth Stroud's case.
• Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference.
• First United Methodist Church, Germantown.
• Photos from the Trial
• Google News.
• United Methodist News Service.
• Appeals Committee Reverses Church Trial Verdict in Stroud Case, April 29, 2005.
• United Methodist Court Revokes Lesbian Pastor's Credentials, UMNS, December 2, 2004.
• Beth Stroud Trial Photo Gallery, December 2004
• Rev. Beth Stroud Church Trial: Questions and Answers, November 23, 2004.
• Jimmy Creech.
• Greg Dell.
• Sacramento Holy Union (Jeanne Barnett and Ellie Charlton).

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