Reaching Those in the LGBTQ Movement

Matt Recker

Our church meets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, in the shadow of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street. In June 1969 riots occurred there that are widely considered a watershed event and landmark moral victory that provided the LGBTQ movement its official beginning. After the “Stonewall Inn Riots,” gayrights newspapers and organizations were established around the United States and the world. One year after the riot, gay events were held to remember the incident, and to this day, June is Gay Pride month, which concludes with their largest annual event, a parade.

So the neighborhood where we meet every Sunday is the nexus of the modern homosexual movement. I would like to share some insights regarding interacting with and reaching the LGBTQ world.