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A RESPONSE to a call to ban the Pride rainbow flag on church buildings because ‘what [the flag] represents… is contrary to the word of God’, by Revd Robert Thompson, the vicar who hosts our Open Table community in West London, and a member of General Synod.

JUNE 1st-7th is Volunteers’ Week, and this year’s theme is ‘A Time To Say Thanks’. The Open Table Network wouldn’t - and couldn’t - exist without the volunteers who give energy, time and talents, across England and Wales. All of our Trustees and Patrons do the same. So we want to thank them all for making OTN what it is today.

OUR ONLINE celebration of Pride Month features a reflection by our Co-Chair Alex Clare-Young, on the relationship between Pride and Pentecost, the 50th day after Easter, on which Christians remember the gift of the Holy Spirit to the frightened first followers of Jesus following his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to heaven.

OTN TRUSTEE Augustine Tanner-Ihm reflects on finding reconciliation after being uninvited from a student ministry outreach event because of his involvement with the Open Table Network.

AS CONTROVERSIAL US preacher Franklin Graham continued his UK tour last weekend, Revd Rose Hill, a priest in the Church In Wales, reflects on the impact of the peaceful, prayerful response she and friends offered.

A SERMON preached the day after controversial US evangelist Franklin Graham came to Liverpool, by Steven Shakespeare, author of several books including Prayers For An Inclusive Church, and long-term supporter of our first Open Table community in the city.

AS CONTROVERSIAL US preacher Franklin Graham began his UK tour in Liverpool last weekend, OTN Coordinator Kieran Bohan shared this reflection on why we need to create safer spaces for LGBT+ people in our communities.

IN MARCH, around 70 people gathered at the Council of the Baptist Union of Great Britain to consider a change to the Ministerial Recognition Rules so that a minister in a same-sex marriage would no longer be committing gross misconduct and lose their accreditation. Baptist minister Revd Pam Davies reflects on the conversation.

A POEM on the occasion of evangelist Franklin Graham coming to Liverpool with a message of condemnation for LGBT+ people. By Steven Shakespeare, author of several books including Prayers For An Inclusive Church, and long-term supporter of our first Open Table community in the city.

AN INCLUSIVE event at Liverpool Parish Church this Saturday 14th May will celebrate the Liverpool City Region’s LGBT+ community and mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia led by Open Table Network and our community partners.