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Integrity Toronto
Integrity/Toronto is the oldest Canadian chapter of IntegrityUSA, Integrity, a network of support and advocacy groups for gay and lesbian members of the Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church (United States), Anglican Church of Australia, and Church of Uganda. In 1975, Integrity/Chicago, the organization's first chapter, held a convention. The half-dozen attendees from Toronto discovered one another at the conference, and founded Integrity/Toronto. The chapter has ties to the Church of the Redeemer (Toronto), Church of the Redeemer, where its monthly services are held, and whose parish LGBT group overlaps heavily with Integrity/Toronto's membership. Integrity/Toronto also holds annual retreats, operates a pamphlet ministry, appears at General Synod, and promotes parish education about GLBT Christian issues. It was engaged in a dialogue process with Fidelity (Anglican), Fidelity before that group dissolved. See also *LGBT-welcoming church programs External linksIntegrity/To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IntegrityUSA
Integrity USA was a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Episcopal Church in the United States. It was founded in 1974 to promote the inclusion of Q members and their Straight allies, allies for equal access to Episcopal liturgy, rites, but dissolved in April 2022 following misconduct allegations concerning the conduct of its board of directors. History Founding Integrity was founded in 1974 by Louie Crew in rural Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, US. Crew, who was on a teaching fellowship in San Francisco, California, telephoned the reportedly progressive Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Grace Episcopal Cathedral, asking if they could help him and his Significant other, partner meet other gay Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopalians. The derisive laughter he heard in response prompted him to start a newsletter to help LGBTQ members of the Episcopal Church support each other in a hostile ecclesiastical environment. Crew wrote in the lead editorial:Integrity derives fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Church Of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2016, the Anglican Church of Canada responded to a peer-reviewed study in the ''Journal of Anglican Studies'' published by Cambridge University Press reporting that the church has 1,447,080 total baptized members. In 2022, the Anglican Church counted 294,931 active members on parish rolls in 1,978 congregations, organized into 1,498 parishes. The 2021 Canadian census counted 1,134,315 self-identified Anglicans (3.1 percent of the total Canadian population), making the Anglican Church the third-largest Canadian church after the Catholic Church in Canada, Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada. Like other Anglican churches, the Anglican Church of Canada's liturgy utilizes a native version of the ''Book of Common Prayer'', the Book of Common Prayer (1962), 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses of the Episcopal Church, provinces. The current presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Sean Rowe, Sean W. Rowe. In 2023, the Episcopal Church had 1,547,779 members. it was the 14th largest denomination in the United States. Note: The number of members given here is the total number of baptized members in 2012 (cf. #refBaptizedMembers2012, Baptized Members by Province and Diocese 2002–2013). In 2025, Pew Research Center, Pew Research estimated that 1 percent of the adult population in the United States, or 2.6 million people, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians. The church has declined in membership and Sunday attendance since the 1960s, particularly in the Northeastern Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Church Of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia, originally known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. In 2016, responding to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Anglican Studies, ''Journal of Anglican Studies'' by Cambridge University Press, the Anglican Church of Australia reported that it had 4,865,328 total baptised members. According to the 2021 Australian census, 2021 Census, 2.5 million Australians (9.8% of the population) self-identified as Anglicans. It is the second largest church in Australia after the Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Church. For much of Australian history since the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788, the church was the largest religious denomination. In recent times, however, Anglicanism in Australia has mirrored the steep decline in church membership and attendance experienced in many first-world nations. The church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Uganda
The Church of Uganda (C/U) is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently, there are 37 dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop. Each diocese is divided into archdeaconries, each headed by a senior priest known as an archdeacon. The archdeaconries are further subdivided into parishes, headed by a parish priest. Parishes are subdivided into sub-parishes, headed by lay readers. As of the 2014 census, 32% of Ugandans, or 10,941,268 people consider themselves affiliated with the church, down from 36.7% at the 2002 census. As of the 2024 census, 29% of Ugandans, or 13,311,801 people, identified with the Church of Uganda. According to a peer-reviewed study in the ''Journal of Anglican Studies'' published in 2016 by the Cambridge University Press, the Church of Uganda has more than 8 million members, and approximately 795,000 active baptised members. History Source: Early development (1877–1897) Shergold Smith and C. T. Wilson of the Church Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Redeemer (Toronto)
The Church of the Redeemer is an Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The small church is prominently located at the intersection of Bloor Street and Avenue Road, Toronto, Avenue Road, near the Royal Ontario Museum. The Gothic Revival architecture in Canada, Gothic Revival style building opened on June 15, 1879. Overview Creation The church's creation was a result of the division of the old parish of St. Paul's on April 23, 1867, in order to accommodate a growing congregation. Prior to this, St. Paul's, Bloor Street, St. Paul's Church on Bloor Street had been the main parish church. Yonge Street was chosen as the dividing line between the old and new parishes, and the name Redeemer (Christianity), redeemer was based on the metaphor of Redemption (theology)#In Christianity, Christian redemption. The property for a new church building was purchased at the corner of Bloor and Avenue streets from a Mr. Alcorn for less than $10,000. The first co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelity (Anglican)
Fidelity was a conservative organization within the Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2016, the Anglican Church of ... committed to retaining traditional understanding of human sexuality within that church. It was opposed to, but in dialogue with, Integrity Canada. See also * Anglican Essentials Canada References Anglican Church of Canada Christian organizations based in Canada {{anglican-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBT-welcoming Church Programs
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)-affirming religious groups are religious groups that welcome LGBTQ people as their members, do not consider homosexuality as a sin or negative, and affirm LGBTQ rights and relationships. They include entire religious denominations, as well as individual congregations and places of worship. Some groups are mainly composed of non-LGBTQ members and they also have specific programs to welcome LGBTQ people into them, while other groups are mainly composed of LGBTQ members. Abrahamic religions Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) have traditionally affirmed and endorsed a patriarchal and heteronormative approach towards human sexuality, favouring exclusively penetrative vaginal intercourse between men and women within the boundaries of marriage over all other forms of human sexual activity, including autoeroticism, masturbation, oral sex, non-penetrative and non-heteros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ Christian Organizations
LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, Gay men, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (sexuality and gender), questioning. Many variants of the initialism are used; LGBTQIA+ people incorporates intersex, Asexuality, asexual, Aromanticism, aromantic, agender, and other individuals. The group is generally conceived as broadly encompassing all individuals who are part of a Sexual and gender minorities, sexual or gender minority, including all Sexual orientation, sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and sex characteristics that are Non-heterosexual, not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex, respectively. Scope and terminology A broad array of sexual and gender minority identities are usually included in who is considered LGBTQ. The term ''gender, sexual, and romantic minorities'' is sometimes used as an alternative umbrella term for this group. Groups that make up the larger group of LGBTQ people include: * People with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ Organizations Based In Canada
LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. Many variants of the initialism are used; LGBTQIA+ people incorporates intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, and other individuals. The group is generally conceived as broadly encompassing all individuals who are part of a sexual or gender minority, including all sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and sex characteristics that are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex, respectively. Scope and terminology A broad array of sexual and gender minority identities are usually included in who is considered LGBTQ. The term ''gender, sexual, and romantic minorities'' is sometimes used as an alternative umbrella term for this group. Groups that make up the larger group of LGBTQ people include: * People with a sexual orientation that is non-heterosexual, including lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, and asexual people * People who are transge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organizations Based In Toronto
An organization or organisation ( Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
