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Purpose of the Coalition

Pride Flag.

The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches is a collaboration of more than 80 churches and other ministries in the Chicago metropolitan area which welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We have two goals:

  • To spread the message of our members' LGBTQ-inclusion across the Chicago metropolitan area, mindful that a positive message about sexual and family diversity is a gift to all people.
  • To connect the leaders, members, and guests of our partner churches for fellowship and education, enabling support and resource-sharing for the practices of faithful welcome.

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Welcome

Pastor welcoming to Joint worship
This year, Coalition members joined our United Methodist Church sisters and brothers at the Broadway United Methodist Church for a joint worship service to celebrate their historic achievements in LGBTQ+ ministries during 2023-24. | Photo by Wei-Jen Chen

Event Visioning Meeting

On June 30, 2024, the Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches marched - with 42 member churches represented and 150 people gathered together - in the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade! The parade this year brought many changes as we worked with the official parade organizers to align to new restrictions that were placed on the parade.

Until now, our Coalition has focused our work on raising awareness of welcoming church congregations and other partners by identifying them on our website, and on coordinating our participation in the annual Pride Parade.

But we'd like to do much more!

And... we'd like YOU to help us determine our ongoing work as a Coalition.

Event Visioning Meeting
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Online Meeting via Zoom
Please use this link to join us!

We also have a survey that we would love for you to fill out. This can be completed by any of our partners whether they marched with the Coalition this year or not. Please pass the link to this survey on to anyone from your church or organization who marched or was involved in our Pride Parade planning at any level. If your church did not march this year, please still have someone complete the survey to give us feedback on our communications and other processes we had to put in place this year. It would be greatly appreciated!

2024 Pride Parade Feedback Form

At the Parade

People gathering for the Pride Parade

Coalition Partners Gathering for the 2024 Pride Parade | Photo by Wei-Jen Chen

Hard-Working Leaders of the Coalition

Some of the Hard-Working Leaders of the Coalition at the 2024 Pride Parade | Photo by Wei-Jen Chen

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Purpose of the Coalition

Pride Flag.

The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches is a collaboration of more than 80 churches and other ministries in the Chicago metropolitan area which welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We have two goals:

  • To spread the message of our members' LGBTQ-inclusion across the Chicago metropolitan area, mindful that a positive message about sexual and family diversity is a gift to all people.
  • To connect the leaders, members, and guests of our partner churches for fellowship and education, enabling support and resource-sharing for the practices of faithful welcome.

Join or Renew Your Partnership

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