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Faithful Resources for our Conversations on Human Sexuality

Dakotas Conference Strategy Team tools:
• Timeline Tool
• Breakthrough Prayer
• Values Workshops
• Engaging conversations Regarding Human Sexuality and Covenant

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General Conference UMC Plans:
• Comparison of Proposals to General Conference
• General Conference website 
• Dakotas Conference General Conference Information 

Helpful resources:
• God Unbound, by Elaine Heath
• Unafraid and Unashamed, by Wil Cantrell
• Bid Our Jarring Conflicts Cease, by David Field
• Are We Really Better Together by Rob Renfroe and Walter Fenton
• Living Faithfully, Human Sexuality and the UMC by Barnhart, Jordon, Joyner, and Johnson
• Where Do We Go From Here, edited by Kevin Slimp (Honest Responses from 24 UMC Leaders)
• Courageous Conversations, by Rev. Junius Dotson, from See all the People.org

Good News staff recommend this for the conservative view:
• Moral Vision of the New Testament (ch. 16), by Richard Hayes
• Fault Lines, by Voddie Baucham Jr.

Moderate / progressive-evangelical views:
• Making Sense of the Bible (ch. 29), by Adam Hamilton
• What Are We Fighting For?: Coming Together Around What Matters Most, by Thomas Bickerton
• Faithful and Inclusive: The Bible Sexuality and the UMC
• Changing Our Mind, by David Gushee
• Bible, Gender & Sexuality, by James Brownson
• The Reformation Project  

LGBTQ+ Christian views:
• God and the Gay Christian, by Matthew Vines
• Torn, by Justin Lee
• Letters to John Shore from gay Christians, in first  part of Unfair, by straight blogger John Shore

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