Church Within A Church MovementA social justice, anti-oppression movement
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The national Coordinating Team provides organizational leadership supported by CWAC Movement’s core values as a justice community, responsible for the Movement and actions of the Corporation as a 501(c)(3) religious organization.
The national Coordinating Team (CT) gathers monthly by phone and face-to-face twice-annually at CWACM’s Justice Summits.
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Rev. Annie Britton was ordained to Christian ministry by the Church Within A Church Movement on Sunday October 19, 2008 at Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland.
Since then, Annie has continued to examine, ponder, question, and challenge Christianity, ministry, intersectionality, and Annie’s inherited and internalized whiteness.
I was raised in a typical Down East family believing privilege was the result of applying oneself and homosexuality was a poor choice.
Over a period of ten years, including coming to know same gender loving people, I came to understand some of the harm those beliefs perpetuated.
When pastors ...
Bert Morris, Maplewood, New Jersey, is a Charter Member of The Church Within A Church Movement.
I have officially been a part of the CWACM Coordinating Team since December, 2015 though I have attended CWACM meetings since 2002 in Plainfield, New Jersey.
I work as a Program Support Assistant for ...
Colleen Riley; cis-gender, white, lesbian; Kansas prairie and a love of horses are important aspects of what shaped me.
A mother of three and a United Methodist clergy, I was closeted until my partner’s death made clear this closet could not be. CWACM provided safe space to be, to unwind my internalized oppression; to decide in 2010 after an intentional discernment to release my United Methodist credential.
Teresa Seliga; cis-gender, white, straight; lives in Chicago and works at Lurie Children's Hospital as a Cardiology Technician.
Each day I am learning to breath in the moments and be present for whatever life offers. People, places, adventures, experiences, the mundane, the challenging and the thrilling, all have lessons for ...
Rev. Vernice L. Thorn, MA, LPC is an ordained clergywoman of Church Within A Church Movement (CWACM); a national organization whose focus is the intersections of oppression. Vernice is a retired pastor whose ministry continues to be one of welcome and inclusivity.
J Zirbel (no pronouns, simply J) is a minister, ordained in the Church Within A Church Movement and co-founder and executive director for Rainbow Community Cares (RCCares).
A justice movement offering extraordinary ordination, non-hierarchical community relationships, inspiration and activism alongside a Methodist heritage.
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