_Throughout our church’s history, its members have participated in advocacy and action for social justice: the Abolitionist Movement and the Underground Railroad that transported escaped slaves to safe havens prior to and during the Civil War; the fight in the American Baptist Churches for the ordination of women in the mid-20th century; and the Christian response to LGBTQ persons in the past two decades. Members have joined the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War and, more recently, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We are now in a discernment process to decide where we will put our emphasis and energies in the coming days. We welcome all to join us in this process.