Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, Georgia has invited the public to donate to a solidarity fund in support of businesses and organizations in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community.
On a Facebook post on Friday, Aug. 19, the church said the fund, established in 2020, is dedicated to showing love and support for businesses and groups run by members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The church said it is raising money this quarter that will go directly to Gangstas to Growers (G2G).
G2G is a social enterprise that focuses on creating worker-owned cooperatives that offer at-risk and formerly jailed adolescents options for employment, empowerment, and entrepreneurship in agriculture, according to the church.
The goal is to break the cycle of poverty in the neighborhood, offer a place of solace, contribute to a black-run food system, and put an end to recidivism.
Interested donors may visit the church’s website to make a gift for the community.
They may also visit Neighborhood Church’s Facebook post for more information.
Collaborative Neighbors
Neighborhood Church is a group of cooperative Christian neighbors forging connections for justice and community, according to the church's website.
The church's goal is to restore relationships with God and neighbors through efforts.
Neighborhood Church said it sees the planet and itself as neighbors taking care of one another on a global scale.
Friends, families, activists, spiritual seekers, emotional baggage bearers, leaders, outcasts, natives, and immigrants make up the community. They live in a welcoming neighborhood.
They support LGBTQ rights and oppose racism, the church said.
The church added that it is designed to represent the love of Christ in an open, varied, and boundary-breaking way.
People from all over Atlanta gather in the church for a variety of activities, including worship, human connection, justice work, creative arts, learning and growth, community collaboration, difficult dialogues, seminars and meetings, celebrations, neighborhood events, and more, the church said.
In Atlanta's Candler Park area, they are a congregation of United Methodists, it added.
Church’s Community Partners
The Believers' Outlet exists to represent underrepresented Christians, the church said.
Neighborhood Church recognized that numerous intersections of race, gender, inclusiveness, and culture are something we actively endeavor to value and promote.
While bridging the divide between the church and the community, researching the most effective methods for forming 21st-century believers, and providing a space that affirms all lived experiences.
The Believers' Outlet is to provide a digital outlet of best practices to better engage young African-American and ethnic believers in order to help them identify their passion, work alongside peers to find their purpose, and develop a healthy relationship with God, according to the church.
Gramarye Media is the production, distribution, and content discovery arm of the next-generation cross-media studio, according to the church.
A movie studio that uses technology and a perfect storm of tax and opportunity zone credits to cut costs, a book publisher that produces truly immersive "wow" story experiences and thriving fan communities, and a media team that focuses on incredible story experiences told through games, and more.
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