Open & Affirming

Open and Affirming is the United Church of Christ’s designation for congregations, campus ministries, and other bodies in the UCC that make a public covenant of welcome into their full life and ministry to people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

Lakewood Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is an Open and Affirming congregation. We welcome people of all sexual orientation, ages, differing abilities, and ethnic, economic, and racial backgrounds into the full life and ministry of our church. We declare this in the name of the Still Speaking God, whose Son, Jesus Christ, welcomed all people into God’s circle of grace.