My Nonprofit Reviews

As the "war of words" has seemed to heat up between gays and the church, GCN is the one place I know of that is trying to build bridges rather than reinforce the walls, and does it in as close to a 'live' format as possible. I reconnected with GCN almost a year ago during a personal crisis and instantly found people willing to befriend me, walk with me through my pain or just listen without judging. I began to heal emotionally and mentally as a direct result of the support I gained on GCN. And a few months later found myself offering the same kind of encouragement and support to others going through various kinds of pain. The variety of opportunities for involvement is almost limitless: prayer support, fun and games, discussion forums on almost any topic you can imagine- both serious and light, idle chit-chat to serious debate. I have made friends with people literally around the world. There are tons of resources through posted essays, podcasts of "GCN radio" and videos, helpful resource links to books and other information. In short, GCN has been a lifeline, both literally and figuratively. More than once I and others have been able to encourage someone musing over suicide. I've even opened my home to new GCN friends from out of state, as well as enjoyed local gatherings over dinner and games with GCN'ers in my city. I have talked up GCN to all my gay friends at church and elsewhere, as well as several straight friends who seem open to actually learning more about what it means to be gay and Christian, and how the two can actually coexist and reconcile.

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