A resolution outlining systemic racism and our commitment to combatting it in all ways, shapes and forms.

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In 2020 at our Annual Gathering we voted, after a period of discernment by our WISE team, to become a WISE for Mental Health Conference, the third in the denomination.

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Becoming a WISE Conference means that we agree to live in covenant according to the WISE Covenant statement.

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The most recent update to the IKC Constitution and Bylaws was June of 2019.

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This is the 2021 financial report submitted at the 2022 Annual Gathering. We review our financial reports and statements every other year.

Acknowledging that Christ’s call to love one another as Christ has loved us serves as a call to express love without restriction, we, the Indiana-Kentucky Conference, declare ourselves to be an “Open and Affirming” setting of the United Church of Christ.

We declare that ALL persons are made in the image of God the Creator and affirm who they are, whom they love, and who they are becoming.

We welcome ALL congregations and individuals to participate in the life and covenant relationship of The Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ.

We repent of any intentional and unintentional harm caused to the LGBTQIA+ community and individuals by our collective action and inaction; we ask for their forgiveness, and God’s, and seek to make tangible and intentional repair, in word and in deed.

We covenant to make institutional changes that reflect the diversity and inclusion that are at the heart of the Gospel and to align our bylaws, policies, procedures, and practices to be open to and affirming of the participation of all persons in the Christian faith, ministry, and service of our conference.

We promise to come alongside and stand together with the LGBTQIA+ community in ways that end marginalization, oppression, and exclusion.
We encourage the Officers, Board members, and Staff of the Indiana-Kentucky Conference to advocate for the rights, support the needs, and affirm the inherent worth of LGBTQIA+ individuals.

We seek with continual curiosity, courage, and openness to learn how we may best serve God and God’s creation in the future God has in store for us.

This we covenant with the Still-Speaking God in whom we live and move and have our being, Christ who has redeemed us for Love, and with the Holy Spirit who leads us ever forward in God’s service.

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