Everyone is welcome

 

As a congregation we’ve been on a theological and pastoral journey over the last few years, which resulted in our becoming a fully affirming church. While we’ve been living our way into this for awhile now, we have recently been working on articulating our commitment to the love and welcome of all people.

This statement was adopted unanimously by our church meeting in June 2024:

Portrack Baptist Church holds that all people are loved by God and are invited into his Kingdom life. We are therefore called to become a church community where all are loved and are invited to belong.

We welcome everyone regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, physical and mental ability, neurodiversity, education, class, economic status and political outlook to full participation in our life together. 

Full participation includes all people, without exception, being eligible to participate in all areas of the mission and ministry of the church, including baptism, communion, church membership, child dedication, marriage, and all positions of leadership. 

Our welcoming of everyone includes those who may struggle with our commitment to offering full participation to all, and calls each of us to graciously live together in the community of Christ regardless of our differences.