Living Document
Laurel Street Mennonite Church has a commitment to be together with all our differences. We agree to work out what our life together looks like. Our faith is the common bond we have through Jesus Christ. It is a bond of love, compassion, forgiveness, peace, kindness and caring. We have received these things through Jesus Christ, and we extend them to each other because we have received them in our own lives.
In this spirit, we processed and created a statement of welcome and inclusion throughout 2022 and 2023. This discernment process was highly relational, with the priority focused on consensus and creating safe space for conversation, rather than on theological interpretation. It concluded with the congregation adopting this Living Document, which shares who we are and who we are striving to become as we seek to act justly, love kindness, and walk humbly together as followers of Jesus at Laurel Street Mennonite Church.
Our Living Document is alive in two ways. First, it lives in our life and practice as a local expression of the Body of Christ. Secondly, it is not static, but will adapt and evolve as our congregation lives out our faith.
In this spirit, we processed and created a statement of welcome and inclusion throughout 2022 and 2023. This discernment process was highly relational, with the priority focused on consensus and creating safe space for conversation, rather than on theological interpretation. It concluded with the congregation adopting this Living Document, which shares who we are and who we are striving to become as we seek to act justly, love kindness, and walk humbly together as followers of Jesus at Laurel Street Mennonite Church.
Our Living Document is alive in two ways. First, it lives in our life and practice as a local expression of the Body of Christ. Secondly, it is not static, but will adapt and evolve as our congregation lives out our faith.
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