• Reverend Luiz Gustavo Silva of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC - Igreja da Comunidade Metropolitana) of Rio de Janeiro.

    Against the tide: LGBTQIA+ inclusive churches thrive amid rising conservatism in Brazil

    SINCE 2022 the Open Table Network has received a growing number of contacts from around the world. We encourage our [...]

  • Members of the Wesley Church Centre and Open Table Chester community preparing to march in the city’s Pride parade with a banner saying ‘All Are Welcome’. Two are carrying crosses painted in rainbow colours.

    Love and resistance at Chester Pride

    DURING the Chester Pride parade on Saturday 16th August, dozens of members of the city’s Wesley Church Centre marched with [...]

  • When we reach a milestone, or an important truth makes sense for the first time, there is a radiance, like standing inside a blessing, writes Wendy in response to this original artwork by her wife Jo.

    In The Affirmative: Milestones and millstones

    OUR MOST READ BLOGGER since 2022 is back with the twelfth and final in the series sharing her story. This [...]

  • OTN Co-Chair Dr Carol Joyner prepares to shred a copy of Issues in Human Sexuality: A statement from the House of Bishops (1991) which was withdrawn by the Church of England General Synod last month.

    Bi Bi and Good Riddance, ‘Issues in Human Sexuality’

    LAST MONTH, the governing body of the Church of England, General Synod, finally decided to shelve the 1991 document Issues [...]

  • OTN Trustee Sue Say speaking at Liverpool Parish Church during Liverpool’s Pride vigil in solidarity with LGBT+ people worldwide.

    Pride without borders: Standing together in a broken world

    LIVERPOOL’S PRIDE on Saturday 26th July included ‘Remember With Us’, a vigil at Liverpool Parish Church to remember LGBTQ+ people [...]

  • Wendy and her wife Jo signing the register at their wedding in 2014.

    In The Affirmative: Penultimatum

    OUR MOST READ BLOGGER since 2022 is back with the eleventh of a series sharing more of her story. This [...]