Putting Faith into Action
The PFA training offers concrete examples of how clergy, faith leaders and congregations can make use of organizing methods that will make LGBT and marriage equality a routine and evolving part of the entire congregation’s ministry.
- Helps faith leaders develop a specific strategy suited for the unique cultural, theological, political makeup and mission of their given congregation or community.
- Provides extensive resources and exercises on how to assess what motivates your congregation and what may hold a leader or congregation back in working for LGBT equality.
- Creates an opportunity for you and your team to leave the training with an actual plan of action, and to network and collaborate with other California Faith for Equality congregations and organizations in your area.
- Provides the unique space and opportunities for faith leaders to network, collaborate and learn from each others’ experiences and successes.
We strongly encourage you to invite other leaders from your congregation and participate as a team.
One of the greatest strengths people of faith bring to the fight for equality is the deep trust and long-standing relationships we have within our networks. The Putting Faith into Action training was created to tap into this potential power.
If we are to win full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people – to make it a moral and social mandate pervasive in all aspects of our lives – it will no doubt require the very best of what the people of faith have to offer.
Faith Partnership Project – Bridging the LGBT and Faith Communities
The Faith Partnership Project is a training designed to equip organizers who are not necessarily part of a faith tradition with the resources and understanding to instill crucial processes of faith-related organizing in Equality Movement strategies and culture.
- Learn modes of relationship-based organizing in the context of faith communities
- Increase biblical and denominational literacy
- Explore the complexities of faith identity, community and belief
- Learn how to have effective and/or persuasive conversations with people grounded in faith
