{"id":17,"date":"2008-11-23T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T16:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2018-12-20T22:41:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T05:41:19","slug":"find-a-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Find A Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

API LGBTQ WELCOMING CONGREGATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aldersgate United Methodist Church<\/strong><\/a> – A Japanese reconciling congregation open and affirming to all.\u00a0\u00a04243 Manuela Avenue,\u00a0Palo Alto, CA 94306-3705.\u00a0 (650) 948-6806.\u00a0Email: rmorimoto@sbcglobal.net<\/p>\n

A Japanese American reconciling congregation open and affirming to all.<\/p>\n

\"Pine<\/a>

Pine Church, 426 33rd Avenue, SF<\/p><\/div>\n

PINE CHURCH<\/strong><\/a> – the first Asian American church in the country (USA)\u00a0to become a “reconciling church” publicly stating they are welcoming towards glbt individuals. Every year Pine Church celebrates the San Francisco Gay Pride Weekend with a service to remember the calling to keep\u00a0the doors of the Church open to all of God’s children.<\/p>\n

BUENA VISTA CHURCH<\/strong><\/a> – Building on the legacies of Alameda Japanese American families, Buena Vista is a welcoming multi-generational community of faith that affirms Asian American spiritual values. Buena Vista voted to become a Reconciling Congregation in 2006. Rev. Michael Yoshii, Pastor.\u00a0 2311 Buena Vista Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501. (510) 522-2688, bvumc@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n

PROGRESSIVE PAN ASIAN MINISTRY<\/strong> – An intentionally progressive, open and affirming, justice-oriented ministry which meets at the PANA house in Berkeley for worship, potluck, and reflection. For more information contact Burt Yin at 510.582.4368 or byin@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALDERSGATE CHURCH<\/a> – <\/strong>A Japanese American reconciling congregation open and affirming to all. 4243 Manuela Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306-3705, (650) 948-6806. rmorimoto@sbcglobal.net<\/a><\/p>\n

NRJ Supportive Church & Group List<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a larger list of welcoming and affirming groups beyond the SF Bay Area.<\/p>\n

PHILIPPINES<\/strong><\/p>\n

MCC Quezon City<\/a><\/strong> (MCCQC), regular Sunday worship service and Friday Bible study,\u00a0film viewing parties, focus group discusions, and seminars with LGBT Human Rights allies.\u00a0Worship space and headquarters: 3rd Floor, 56 Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City. Telephone:\u00a05083523.<\/p>\n

LGBTQ AFFIRMING ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CLERGY<\/strong><\/p>\n

God loves API LGBTQ people. God loves you. To help you connect supportive clergy, the Network on Religion and Justice is maintaining a growing list at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.netrj.org\/?p=pastors<\/a><\/p>\n

Clergy wishing to be included on the list please email\u00a0lauren@netrj.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

API LGBTQ WELCOMING CONGREGATIONS SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (USA) Aldersgate United Methodist Church – A Japanese reconciling congregation open and affirming to all.\u00a0\u00a04243 Manuela Avenue,\u00a0Palo Alto, CA 94306-3705.\u00a0 (650) 948-6806.\u00a0Email: rmorimoto@sbcglobal.net A Japanese American reconciling congregation open and affirming to all. PINE CHURCH – the first Asian American church in the country (USA)\u00a0to become a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gayasianchristians.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}