In 1994, First Congregational UCC voted to become an Open and Affirming church welcoming all people into our church and into our life. We are a member of the Interfaith Coalition on Nondiscrimination and seek to actively support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender justice issues while providing a home of love and acceptance to all.

Adopted January 26, 1994:

We, the members of First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, affirm our faith in, and loyalty to, Jesus Christ as the supreme revealer of God’s will for all humanity. As our Scriptures teach us, we believe that "through faith in Christ Jesus (we) are all children of God; that there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male or female, for all of (us) are one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:26, 28 NRSV) We affirm our commitment that in our congregation the only requirement for membership is that a person acknowledges publicly his or her acceptance of Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior, and to the words of Scripture as a guide and purpose of life.

 

We declare, therefore, that First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Indianapolis, Indiana, is an open and affirming congregation, and welcomes all persons who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, economic class, marital status or physical or psychological differences. We further commit ourselves to work to overcome, in ourselves and others, attitudes and acts of injustice, discrimination, violence and hatred that prevent us from achieving peace and wholeness.

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