Included: The Podcast Included

Josephine Inkpin has been referred to as one of the most influential queer faith leaders in Sydney's history. She is a priest, theologian and activist. Currently a minister of the Uniting Church is Australia, she was previously a member of the Anglican Church and was the church's first openly transgender priest. She chats with Kris and guest host Sharon Priestly about a lifetime of pushing boundaries to live, and thrive as a queer person of faith
Josephine's blog is at https://www.transspirit.org/ 

Allyson, an ex-Officer and Wielie, a 4th generation Salvationists blocked from following his calling through The Salvation Army, reflect on life before, during and after active involvement with The Salvation Army. Does the call ever leave you? Does the passion for Army mission and ministry diminish with time? Is the church complete without those who are gender or sexuality diverse? 
A deep and moving conversation with two remarkable queer Christians in Australia and The Netherlands. 

Will Small challenges us to rethink inclusion for the marginalised and the creation of safe spaces to explore life and faith. In this joint Venture 12 and Included: The Podcast chat, Will shares some of his journey of evolving faith, finding God in unexpected places and processing it through poetry along the way.
Learn more about Will's work:
Spiritual Misfits
willsmall.com.au

Three courageous women, ‘squeaky wheel’ allies, who have been on the forefront of inclusion and equity for years, chat about why they continue to fight and believe for change. Pull up a chair, grab the coffee that they didn’t get, and have a listen. No mansplaining, we promise!

With a deep assurance that he is loved and accepted by God, Martin shares the lifetime journey to living openly and accepting himself. (Apologies for the audio quality in this one, we had a poor internet connection, but stick with it because it's a deeply moving conversation!)
 

With many similarlites between our two Welseyan denominations, Kris & Phil talk with Alexa and Thomas Oord, who developed 'Why the Church of the Nazarene Should Be Fully LGBTQ+ Affirming', a groundbreaking collection of testimonials, ally insights and scholarly articles.