Inclusivity

In January 2018, Frodsham Methodist Church Church Council adopted an Inclusivity Statement.

It deliberately uses conversational language rather than that of a formal policy statement:

Welcome!

We welcome everyone whether you are single, married, divorced, widowed, gay, confused, rich or poor. We hope that you feel able to belong, whatever your gender, sexuality, mental health, physical health, ability, race or ethnicity.

We welcome children; wailing babies, excited toddlers, even those that wiggle, giggle, cry or are shy. We welcome you whether you can sing like Pavarotti or prefer to just growl quietly to yourself.

You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woken up, or have just left prison. We don’t care if you are more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury or haven’t been to church since Christmas ten years ago. We welcome YOU, whoever you may be.

It’s our hope that together we will experience the width, length, height and depth of God’s love for us in Jesus and understand our sacred worth.

Unfortunately we don’t have any perfect people here. We all have hang-ups and we get things wrong. We’re not yet who God is calling us to be either as individuals or as a church. Please help us to understand each other’s needs better so that all of our colours can shine as God intended.

We believe that through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can learn to follow Jesus Christ together. This is our dream.

We need each other.

We need YOU!