On the podcast today, I'm talking to Bailey Brawner, a senior pastor in the United Methodist Church who is all about the boundary-breaking spirit she sees in the person of Jesus, particularly when it comes to creating spiritual spaces for people who've been hurt by the church.
Bailey has a particular heart for those in the LGBTQIA+ community, with which she also identifies.
In this episode, we talk about:
* How she noticed her call to become a pastor, especially when she wasn't looking for it, and what it was like for people to diminish her call because she was a woman
* How she came to identify as queer and how that's impacted and informed her ministry ever since
* How she is helping her congregation think through what it means to help people feel fully included once they walk through the doors of the church
* The difference location can make to pastors serving the LGBTQIA+ community or identifying as part of that community themselves
* Resources she'd recommend to those wanting to explore the intersection of faith and sexual identity for the first time
* Her concerns about the church's slowness to catch up to conversations happening outside the church
* Her heart for people to experience God outside the four walls of church and outside a one-hour church service on Sunday
Connect with Bailey on her website and on Instagram at @baileynbrawner.
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