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THE FIRST Open Table community in Liverpool marked its eighth birthday last month, with a celebration of what we have achieved in the past year, and looking forward to Liverpool Pride on 30th July with the theme: ‘Liverpool Icons’. Community co-facilitator Kieran offered this reflection.

THIS is an extract from a newly published book, Journeys in Grace and Truth: Revisiting Scripture and Sexuality, which asks: Is it possible to hold a positive view of same-sex relationships while being a biblically rooted Evangelical?

SUCH a sad few days since news of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub broke on Sunday. The worst terror attack on US soil since 9/11, the worst gun crime in US history, and perhaps the largest murder of LGBT people since the Holocaust. How do we respond in the face of such horror? asks Kieran Bohan.

ON PALM SUNDAY, 20th March, Archdeacon of Liverpool Ricky Panter commissioned two new Local Missional Leaders (LMLs) in recognition of their ministry with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians across the Diocese of Liverpool.

AT THE FIRST full meeting of its governing body this year, the Church of England’s General Synod met this week to respond to last month’s meeting of the leaders of Anglican churches around the world, and calls for the church to apologise for its treatment of LGBTI Christians. Kieran Bohan reflects on what it means for the Church to be sorry.

THIS WEEK the heads of Anglican churches around the world (known as Primates) will gather in Canterbury to debate the future of their global network, the Anglican Communion, because of deep divisions over church teachings on sexuality. Kieran Bohan from our Liverpool community responds.

AT A carol service last Sunday, hosted by the first Open Table community in Liverpool, we heard this poem which was moving, inspiring and too good not to share.

THE SHARED CONVERSATIONS on Scripture, Mission and Human Sexuality in the Church of England are about half way through, with an uncertain outcome. Warren from Open Table Liverpool, who was invited to take part in the meeting for the north west of England last month, shares his reflection.

IT’S BEEN an extraordinary few weeks since the Bishop of Liverpool’s visit to the first Open Table community in Liverpool. Community co-facilitator Kieran Bohan shares some highlights.

A CHRISTIAN community which warmly welcomes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people, their friends and family, celebrated its seventh anniversary on Sunday 19th July, with the Bishop of Liverpool as their guest.