Kathy Baldock, LGBT Advocate
“Kathy Baldock, author, LGBT advocate, international speaker and educator, and Executive Director of CanyonWalker Connections, is a leading expert on LGBT issues in the United States, especially dealing with historical and current discrimination faced from the socially conservative Christian church and political sector.”
Her 2014 book, Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community, and accompanying “Untangling the Mess” presentations, blog, podcast, and videos, piece together the history behind LGBT persecution in the church and the need for conservative Christians and church leaders to become better educated in order to properly engage members of the LGBT community.
Baldock’s heavily researched, accessible, informational approach helps people understand the LGBT community’s modern plight in terms of how threads of culture, medicine, psychoanalysis, law, science, religion, and politics have contributed to our understanding of this group of people.
Forging a Sacred Weapon
How the Bible Became Anti-Gay
Kathy Baldock examines the history behind the 1946 Bible mistranslation and how a single modern word influenced Christian attitudes toward LGBTIQ+ people. Drawing on extensive research, she explores the intersection of scripture, translation, culture, and theology, offering valuable insight into one of the most significant debates in modern Christianity.
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Walking the Bridgeless Canyon
Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community
In this groundbreaking work, Kathy Baldock explores the historical, cultural, and theological factors that have shaped the relationship between Christianity and the LGBT community. Combining careful research with personal stories, she invites readers into a deeper conversation about faith, understanding, and reconciliation.
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