Collection

Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians

Span Dates: 1979-2019
Bulk Dates:
Volume: 11 archive boxes, 1 bankers box and 1 banner

Description

The collection contains: - Annual General Meetings minutes and papers, 1990-2015 (HCA/EF/1) - Committee minutes, 1989-2015 (HCA/EF/2) - Newsletters, 1984-2015 (HCA/EF/3) - Outputs (closed), 1984-2015, including information packs, pamphlets, conference programmes, prayer calendars, leaflets (HCA/EF/4) - Outputs (open), 1988-2010, which are open as they include no names, including constitutions, a badge, and some visual items; also includes pamphlets by George Hopper, as his pamphlet "Reluctant journey" is available in several libraries (HCA/EF/4A) - The Evangelical Fellowship banner (HCA/EF/5) - Non-EF outputs, print and circulated items, 1986-2012 (HCA/EF/6) - Membership papers, 1989-2013 (HCA/EF/7) - Financial papers, 1981-2000 (HCA/EF/8) - Various papers, 1977-2016, including: correspondence; papers re the EF's recognition agreement with the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement; responses from bishops asked to sign A Pastoral Statement to Lesbian and Gay Anglicans, 1998; group photographs; notes; background papers (HCA/EF/9-11) - Papers of George Hopper, 1992-2005, including general correspondence, and material re his pamphlet, "Reluctant journey: a pilgrimage of faith from homophobia to Christian love" (HCA/EF/12-13)

Hist/Bio Note

The Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians (EFLGC) was a group of mainly lesbian, gay or bisexual women and men who came from an evangelical Christian background. It was founded in 1979 and was wound up c.2019. The Evangelical Fellowship gave an opportunity: - to meet and share experiences with other lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians - to support and be supported in times of difficulty or stress - to encourage one another in the Christian faith - to think through issues relating both to faith and sexuality.

Finding Aid

A finding aid and digitized items from the collection are available online.
https://archives.lse.ac.uk/records/HCA/EF

Location

The Hal Carpenter Archives is located in the London School of Economics and Political Science. Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE UK
https://www.lse.ac.uk/library

Tags

Evangelical | United Kingdom