galileo church in the news
Since its inception in 1982, Black Tie Dinner has been the largest fundraising dinner for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community in the nation. Each year, Black Tie Dinner selects up to 20 North Texas beneficiaries to receive dinner proceeds as well as the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the Dinner's national beneficiary. To date, Black Tie Dinner has distributed over $30 million.
Texas episode of the Dutch documentary “God, Jesus, Trump”
You can find a translation of this episode here.
We wrote a resolution titled “GA 1929: An Invitation to Education For Welcoming and Receiving the Gifts of Transgender and Gender-Diverse People” (which you can read here) that was passed at the most recent Disciples of Christ General Assembly. This in part inspired Dr. Michael Miller, the Executive Vice President and Dean of Brite Divinity School, to write an essay about spirituality, inclusivity, and hospitality. This essay was published in the fall 2019 issue of the Disciples Home Missions newsletter Disciples Advocate. Check it out here!
Churchclarity.com is establishing a new standard for clearly communicated policies regarding LGBTQ+ inclusion in all churches. “Ambiguity is harmful, and clarity is reasonable,” they say, and we agree. Galileo Church is “verified clear” in our complete inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons in the life of the church. We baptize, marry, hire, and ordain LGBTQ+ persons, and we have LGBTQ+ persons on our pastoral staff and serving as lay leaders. Woohoo!
Medium.com named “100 Awesome Churches” and we made the list. Qualifications for the list were: “spiritually-enriching community, vibrant worship, social justice warriors, fully LGBTQ-inclusive, actively invite people into Christian identity/belonging.” We’re honored. And always working on it.
Voyage Dallas named lead evangelist Katie Hays a “rising star in Arlington” in late 2017. (Don’t tell her; she’ll get the big head.) Read her interview here.
The Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance asked us to say what we have learned about ministry to and with LGBTQ+ people. You can read what lead evangelist Katie Hays said about that.
Fort Worth Weekly named “church” as the critic’s choice for “Best Place to Meet Someone of the Same Sex.” And they named Galileo as one of the churches where one could do that. That’s a first for us...
The Mansfield News-Mirror reported on our eviction from our rented worship space with a really kind article about our church's identity and mission. Read it here.
Galileo Church has been featured in Relevant Magazine as one of “4 Churches Changing Everything” (May/June 2015). Take a look at the whole issue here.
The Dallas Voice reported on a marriage equality rally co-sponsored by Galileo Church on the eve of the Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality, April 2015. Read the article here.
The Shorthorn, UTA’s student-produced newspaper, wrote about Galileo Church after we had a booth at their winter 2015 Student Activities fair. Take a look here.
