Thursday, May 4, 2023

"There's Life on the Other Side." Former Cedar Park Church leaders share about Estuary, their new fully welcoming and affirming congregation

 

Just over a year ago, I wrote about how the British Columbia Mennonite Brethren Conference tookover the Cedar Park Mennonite Brethren Church in Ladner, B.C. over that congregation’s desire to explore LGBTQ+ welcome and inclusion.

 

All three pastor’s resigned as a result, and about two-thirds of the congregation left.

 

The lead pastor, Lee Kosa, was accused of being a “false teacher” and stripped of his ministry credential.

 

Today, two of those three pastors have started a new church called Estuary—a church that is fully open, welcoming and affirming of LGBTQ+ people.

 

I had a chance to ask them how things are going a year later. Their answer? “There’s life on the other side.”

 

Read more about how Estuary is doing at Anabaptist World.

 

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