Our committee is dedicated to developing partnerships and providing rostered leaders and congregations with theologically sound resources and enlightening and engaging worship opportunities that celebrate our God-given, God-created unique identities, while supporting and accompanying LBGTQIA+ people, families, and our community.

Our Affirming Task Force

The Rev. Carla Christopher Wilson

The Rev. Carla Christopher Wilson

Synod Staff Liaison

The Rev. Angela Hammer

The Rev. Angela Hammer

The Rev. Angela Hammer

The Rev. Dr. Martin Zimmann

The Rev. Michael Allwein

The Rev. Michael Allwein

Vicar Marty Jo Irvin-Stellabotte

Vicar Marty Jo Irvin-Stellabotte

Beth McKinley

Beth McKinley

Co-Chairperson

Molly Haggerty

Rev. Molly Haggerty

Co-Chairperson

Beth McKinley

Rev. Jonah Davis

Tracy Glover

The Rev. Traci Benditz Glover

Michael Youse

Michael Youse

  • Sr. Davia Evans (she/her/hers)
  • Trey Perez (he/him/his or they/them/theirs)

  • Lesli Willoughby

Resources (in no particular order within their sections)

Books Suitable for Congregational Study and Use

  • The Queer Bible Commentary

  • Bible Trouble by Teresa Hornsby and Ken Stone

  • Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation by Hornsby/Guest

  • Radical Love; An Introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick Cheng

  • This I Know; A Simple Biblical Defense for LGBTQ Christians by Pr. Jim Dant

  • No Innocent Bystanders: Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice by Shannon Craigo-Snell and Christopher Doucet

  • Outside the Lines by Mihee Kim-Kort

  • Transforming by Austen Hartke

  • Unclobber by Colby Martin

  • The Oxford Handbook of theology, sexuality, and gender edited by Adrian Thatcher

  • Queer Theology by Linn Marie Tonstad

  • Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism by R.W. Holmen

  • Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry (publishing in April 2021)

  • Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing (Fortress, 2001)

Secular Resources

Reconciling In Christ Congregations

  • Union Lutheran Church (York)
  • St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (Middletown)
  • St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
  • Messiah Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
  • Communities of Hope (Harrisburg)
  • Tree of Life Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
  • Epiphany Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
  • St. Matthias Evangelical Lutheran Church (Carlisle)
  • St. James Lutheran Church (Gettysburg)
  • Christ Chapel at Gettysburg College (Gettysburg)
  • United Lutheran Seminary (Gettysburg)
  • St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (Penryn)
  • Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central PA
  • Lower Susquehanna Synod Office
  • St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Lancaster