How can we work together to eliminate the divisions among the followers of Jesus?

Some gay and lesbian Christians remain in a Church so they can more effectively work for change. Others have no interest in reforming any man made organization that presents itself as the one and only Body of Christ.

"We will that this body die, be dissolved, and sink into union with the Body of Christ at large, for there is but one Body, and one Spirit, even as we are called in one hope of our calling."

How can we advocate the cause of unity while advancing the interests of a party?

How did the ekklesia of God described in the New Testament become the many organisations that barely acknowledge each other as Christians? In the first translation of the New Testament from Greek into English Tyndale decided that the term congregation (meaning "a gathering of people") was the proper translation of ekklesia. There is no formal church structure described in the New Testament. A group's efforts to impose rules, doctrine, and opinions on others divides the Christian community and leads to sectarianism. Not only is this wasteful but is likely to be a sin as well (e.g., I Cor. 12:25; Gal. 5:20).

A Christian does not have to join any particular organisation to be pleasing in God's sight! Certainly, one should become a Christian and serve God to the best of one's ability but being a member of some particular human institution is not required. By becoming a Christian one has already been added by God to his one and only ekklesia.

Queer Christians are united by our faith in Christ and by the certainty that He loves us regardless of our sexual orientation.