Soulforce, the National Black Justice Coalition, COLAGE and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches are proud to present the American Family Outing. Between Mother's Day Weekend and Father's Day Weekend, 2008, diverse families from around the country will create meaningful conversations about faith, family, and LGBT people with six of America's leading mega-churches.

Read more about the American Family Outing and the six churches

The next Soulforce Q Equality Ride will launch in October 2008. This year we will focus on the South. We will visit schools in urban and rural areas, colleges of several denominations including some faith-based Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and institutions at various levels of education from undergraduate to seminary. We will begin accepting applications for the 25 seats on the bus this February.

More on the Soulforce Equality Ride   Donate to the Equality Ride

Soulforce continued our history of resisting injustice within the United Methodist Church with a direct action at the 2008 General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, April 25-27, 2008. Soulforce also celebrated with a 10th Anniversary & Reunion Gala on Friday, April 25, 2008. The upbeat evening provided an opportunity for everyone to celebrate our history before we joined together to begin the more serious and focused work of challenging the injustice within the United Methodist Church.

Read more about the Direct Action at the 2008 UMC
Photos from the reunion and direct action   10th Anniversary Video

Beginning in February 2008, the young activists of Soulforce Q returned to New York state to work closely with student and community leaders in the Bronx, the Binghamton area, the Plattsburg area, and the Poughkeepsie area. The goal in 2008 is to speak directly to businesses and ask for their vocal support, which will be used as meaningful evidence with chambers of commerce, city councils, mayors, and local politicians.

Read more about the Right to Marry Campaign

Soulforce's latest resource, What The Science Says - And Doesn't Say - About Homosexuality, is now available. Many people are curious about what current, reputable social-science research indicates about lesbian women, gay men, and their families. This 36-page booklet contains research-based answers to ten of the most commonly asked questions, drawing on the findings of over forty years of social-science research. It also highlights specific examples of how religious and political leaders distort the scientific research to support anti-gay campaigns. Order several copies of this affordable resource for family and friends.

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary, For The Bible Tells Me So, brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible.

Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Soulforce's Rev. Dr. Mel White, and Rev. Jimmy Creech, For The Bible Tells Me So offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.

According to the May 23, 2007, New York Times, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has decided to exclude Gene Robinson, the openly gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, from the Lambeth Conference, an important 2008 gathering of Anglican Bishops in London.

Join Soulforce in calling for the Archbishop of Canterbury to Stop Segregating Bishop Robinson and invite him to the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference in 2008.

Sign the petition to the Archbishop of Canterbury

For those with a broadband internet connection, you can now view the Soulforce videos online. The following videos are available: Dear Dr. Dobson: An Open Video Letter to Focus on the Family, There's a Wideness in God's Mercy, Homosexuality: The Debate is Over. The Verdict is In, and How Can I Be Sure That God Loves Me, Too?

The Soulforce Store has a variety of Soulforce books and videos that you can order. Several of the resources are also available for free download at the Resources page. Our most popular item is Rev. Mel White's, What the Bible Says, And Doesn't Say, About Homosexuality.

Be sure to also check out our Recommended Books, Videos, and Audio Recordings.

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