A thriving Inclusive Church

After a year's careful reflection, PCC voted last month to join the Inclusive Church network.

The network won't try to make us do or to be anything that we are not already doing or becoming. The main and best reason for joining the network was well described by the PCC member who asked: How do people know that we are a thriving, inclusive church?

For a number of years that has been one of our key themes within our overall vision of 'Singing the Song of Faith and Justice'.

But for those who don't know SMR, who are looking for a place to belong where they can be themselves, as they are, made in the image of God and loved by those around them as much as they are loved by God .. for them, we weren't very good at (to use the word coined at PCC) asserting our inclusive understanding of theology and church life.

Joining Inclusive Church gives us the right to use the logo above - which says it all in ten round dots. It's the power of symbols over words: we've always had the words on our website, but now we have a sign and symbol that conveys the message with ease and conviction.

You can read more about Inclusive Church on their website here

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