"An Expansive Welcome...and Beyond" with the Rev. Charles Graves, IV

Coming Out Christian | Season 3, Episode 3 Guest: Rev. Charles Graves, IVThe church has made progress on LGBTQIA+ inclusion — but what happens when the conversation goes deeper than who's welcome at the table?Rev. Charles Graves, IV is the Fourteenth Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a seventh-generation Episcopalian, and a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church since 2019. He's also the creator of a denominational task force asking some of the most pressing questions in progressive Christianity today: How does the church understand and respond to household and relationship diversity — including polyamory? And how do we construct a sexual ethics that is both expansive and protective?In this episode, hosts Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp sit down with Charles to explore his journey in The Episcopal Church and the LGBTQIA+ inclusion work he's championed along the way. They also dig into the harder, more nuanced conversation about how the church builds new frameworks for sexual ethics — ones that make room for the full complexity of human relationships without abandoning the guardrails that protect and heal.Thoughtful, prophetic, and ahead of the curve — this is the conversation the church is just beginning to have.⛪ Follow Christ Church Shaker: @christchurchshaker (Instagram)🌐 Visit the church website: cometochristchurch.org🎙️ Follow the podcast: @comingoutchristian_podcast (Instagram)🌈 Follow LOVEboldly: @loveboldly (Instagram and TikTok)