L2 – Wonderfully Made, Fully Known: Where LGBTQ Matters Meet Jesus
by
Ben Dose
leader workshop
The national debate continues to rage around LGBTQ+ issues, and the discourse commonly treats the individuals in question as exactly that: issues to be solved. But these are real people being discussed, with real stories and real pain resulting from real conflicts with their communities and families. Jesus really cares about these folks, and he speaks to them with profound relief and hope. Join in to hear a same-sex attracted Christian reflect on what the gospel means to the LGBTQ+ community, and how the church can better approach these conversations with Christlike love and integrity.
bio info
Ben Dose is the director of Reclamation, a gospel-centered community discussion and support group for WELS and ELS folks working through the impact of LGBTQ+ experience in their own lives or in the lives of their loved ones. Ben also sits on the WELS Committee on Identity, Gender, and Sexuality, where he utilizes years of insights from walking alongside fellow believers at Reclamation, and even more years of personal experience from growing up in WELS while coming to grips with his own same-sex attraction. His work with the committee has focused on building its new website project, www.madeknown.net. Ben lives in Seattle, Wash., where he builds all sorts of other digital and physical things in between hikes.
