Our Impact

Bridges in Africa currently supports the ministries of God Adores You Centre in Zimbabwe and reaching across Africa.

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  • LGBTQI+ Christian Gatherings

    Supporting LGBTQI+ Christians in their faith and self-acceptance. A story shared has a greater ability to transform lives. LGBTQI+ people also share their stories
    with church leaders and bridge a gap that'll ensure their safety in church and
    in the community.

  • Parents & Friends Gatherings

    Parents and friends of the LGBTQI+ people also go through the same stigma and discrimination. As a society what can we do to change that? Parents and friends share their stories to grow in their love and
    support of their LGBTQI+ child.

  • Pastoral Gatherings

    Embracing an inclusive theology is a monumental step, the beginning of creating a safe and equitable religious space for the LGBTQI+ community. Many churches often overlook the harm of binary, non-inclusive language, discriminatory employment policies. They promise to welcome LGBTQI persons without offering them full access to leadership or spiritual traditions.

Testimonials

Due to on-going hate, homophobia, exclusion, and violence against LGBTIQ+ individuals, the following individual's sensitive information has been removed.

Story of L

I'm a lesbian woman. Coming out to my family was a struggle. I came out at a bit later age, but I knew I was a lesbian ever since I was young. And when I came out, it led to the fact that my father disowned me. We didn’t speak for almost five years. We’ll pass each other by the road and say nothing to each other. Sometimes I’ll just go for days. Maybe two days in the bar drinking. When my father passed away, my uncle, my father’s brother, at some point he said my father died because of me, because I was gay. That’s why my father had a heart problem. So I decided to not go to church at all. When God Adores You came around. I had forgotten about church. I had thought that let me just forget about God, do my own thing, drink bear and live my life as I want it. But now, ever since I’ve started coming to God Adores You, I pray. I pray more. I feel like God loves me. I feel like I can talk to God at any time. I feel like God listens and God hears my prayers because I’ve seen changes in my life ever since I attending God Adores You session.

Story of S

I was working for an organization. So I was attending a meeting. One of the meeting of the National AIDS Council meeting here. Little did I know that there was my aunt attending the meeting. I was not out about my sexuality, being gay. When I introduced myself to that meeting, my aunt went on to tell my whole family that I was gay and working for a gay organization. As a coping mechanism, sometimes I would indulge into sex, of which I’m not proud of it. My mum was expelled from being a choir leader. And every weekend when I went to church, they started to preach about homosexuality being a sin, being ungodly. Each and every weekend, so I felt uncomfortable about that. At God Adores You I was comforted that they share the word of God, that God loves everyone. God doesn’t judge. Being at God Adores You is like it’s a family to me which I cherish a lot. That’s where I am comfortable … maybe even to express my sexuality.

Story of M

A few years ago I was rejected at my church because of my sexuality. They found out that I’m gay. So after they find out that I’m gay, I was told to stand in front of the pulpit where they were. Putting me under ‘discipline.’ That’s where my junior pastor disclosed my sexuality in front of the church. At God Adores You, those sermons were giving us people, who are marginalized, hope for us to know that God loves us. I think God Adores You made it easier for us as a community to come together to fellowship.

Story of I

I'm a queer man. No one knew about my sexuality. Then when I finally came out, or at least when I was finally outed, my entire family believed that I should be exorcised. I was told that they need to pray for me. I need to get delivered because God didn’t create Adam and Steve. He created Adam and Eve. I got into all sorts of unhealthy habits to try and cope with the reality. I sort of disowned myself from God. I grew up in a very Christian family so the talk was usually around, ‘if you are a sinner, you go to hell. I can’t say I really agreed and understood much of the things that they were saying from the start. But over time, listening to the sermons, reading books, they really helped me. Listening to suggestions, you know sermons from Tim Keller and other people and other Q Christian sermons that I would see on YouTube. They changed my perspective. I started to believe more in God. I started to believe that I am worthy of His love. So, to God Adores You, and everyone who’s behind God Adores You, and everyone who supports God Adores You, I say thank you eternally. You are changing a lot of lives and you are impacting a lot of lives. God bless you all!!

Apostle X

As a minister of the word now, I grew up from a church family. And when you speak of the queer people, I believed that there were an abomination before God, in college. You’ll be taught one thing, you are a servant of God, you stand for the word and the word alone. In the past, I’ve been working here and there with God Adores You. And they are the people that have helped me understand more of the community, more than I used to. I used to know that God loves everyone. But I never understood the aspect of God adoring people. Now, that kind of love that sees beyond, that kind of love that will stand and say, they say you’re this, you’re that, but I say you are mine. You’re my beloved. So much judgements, so much discrimination have been experienced in the community. But as a leader of the church, I strongly believe that it is up to us as the Church now to speak forth the mind of God to the world.Many times we have judged, we have seen the community as wicked people, as this and that. But I strongly believe that where there is love, there is no judgement. Where there is love, there is acceptance. Where there is love, there is an element of embracing.

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