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Adey Wassink, D.Miss. (she/her/hers), is the Senior Pastor of Sanctuary Community Church in Iowa City, which she started from her Iowa City living room in 1999 with her husband Tom. Adey received her B.A. in business from Northeastern Illinois University, her masters in counseling from Northeastern Illinois University, training in family systems therapy from Northwestern University, a masters in global leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a doctorate of missiology in leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. She performed her pastoring in the Vineyard denomination for 25 years before leading Sanctuary out into full inclusion in 2016. Katie Imborek, M.D. (she/her/hers), as a lesbian woman, is an activist for queer and trans rights in Iowa, and as such has been a central figure in the queer transformation of Sanctuary, which she started attending in 2010 when it was still a church in the evangelical Vineyard denomination. Katie is a Clinical Professor and the Vice Chair of Clinical Operations in the Department of Family Medicine at University of Iowa Health Care, where she co-founded and co-directs the LGBTQ+ health clinic. Katie received her B.A. in kinesiology from DePauw University, her M.D. from the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, and completed her residency training in Family Medicine at UI Health Care. Tom Wassink, M.D. (he/him/his), is a Staff Pastor at Sanctuary Community Church, and a Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics at UI Health Care. He received his B.A. in English literature from Northwestern University, his M.D. from the University of Illinois, residency training in psychiatry from Evanston Hospital and from the University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine, where he also completed a fellowship in psychiatric research and genetics. Tom inhabited Reformed and Evangelical church worlds before leading, with Adey, their church Sanctuary into independence and inclusion in 2016.
I am so grateful for churches like Sanctuary and for pastors like Adey and Tom Wassink, and for sincere and insightful people like Katie Imborek. They're telling us honestly about the intimate pain that has been and is still being inflicted on people whose only crime is being sexual. And thank God, Adey, Tom, and Katie also are telling stories of healing that pain, because they are living those stories. They're modeling what religion should have always been good at, but too seldom is: repenting, which means rethinking or changing our minds. Brian McLaren, best-selling Christian author of books including Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart Set aside the 'How To' guides and experience an authentic narrative from those who led their church to thrive in full inclusion. Wassink, Imborek and Wassink share deep self-examination, as well as biblical and theological reflection. In this story of celebration, readers will find a model to lead a congregation to lovingly welcome all people. The Rev. Dr. Sherry Parker-Lewis, United Methodist Elder, Michigan Conference Sanctuary is a heart-wrenching-and-warming story in gory and glorious detail-a love story of souls taking sanctuary in each other and in God. There's nothing like it in LGBTQ-Affirming literature. Ken Wilson, best-selling author of Christian books, including Letter to My Congregation and Solus Jesus A small Midwest church makes the big leap from evangelicalism to LGBTQ inclusion in a highly readable book that can be a beacon for all who aim to welcome queer congregants. Kittredge Cherry, lesbian Christian author of The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision I like to think this book tells the story of God, who is so glad that more of God's children are getting free. Steve Watson is the Senior Pastor of Reservoir Church in Cambridge, MA In a time when so many congregations, clergy, and leaders are grappling with the complexities of inclusivity. Adey Wassink and her team offer a compelling narrative recounting their journey toward becoming an open and affirming congregation. Rose Madrid Swetman, Associate Director, Center for Transforming Engagement
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