An affirming hymnal is helping LGBTQ Christians keep the faith

By AJ Willingham, CNN

Updated 11:50 AM ET, Thu June 9, 2022

Rev. Sarah TevisTownes at Church of the Good Shepherd UCC in Albuquerque, and @disorganized.religion on TikTok, is quoted extensively in this CNN article.

‘Sarah TevisTownes, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, preaches to about 150 people each week at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Under the name @disorganized.religion on TikTok, she has 151,000 other followers who listen to her thoughts on theology, God, and deconstruction -- a term many disillusioned Christians use for describing the process of questioning and rebuilding their faith.

‘"The first thing I tell people is that affirming queer people in Christianity is not a radical notion," she tells CNN. "Mainline religions have held these views for a long time."‘