This digital exhibit traces the evolving conversations, debates, and advocacy surrounding LGBTQ+ inclusion within the United Methodist Church (UMC). Spanning decades of activism, theological reflection, and policy struggles, the exhibit highlights pivotal moments and key voices that have shaped the church's approach to human sexuality. It weaves together stories of resistance, dialogue, and transformation, offering a lens into the complexities of navigating faith and justice in a global denomination. The documents displayed have been fully digitized and are browsable by clicking on their images within the exhibit.
Between 1910 and the late 1920s, The Methodist Church Board of Missions sent photographers around the world to document the work of the Board. The result was over 200 photograph albums containing more than 45,000 pages of images; near to 200,000 images in total. The images were assembled into these albums in the 1930s and handwritten captions were added to the images. Many of the captions were from the photographers' logs or notes. The images capture what life was like in many places around the globe at the beginning of the twentieth century along with the work of the Methodist Church in creating schools, hospitals and churches.
