Sermon
Show Us God
          One of the primary issues which separates progressive churches from those which are not is our understanding of salvation.  We do not believe that we, as Jesus’ followers,...
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Sermon
A Sermon for Sneetches, Both Starful and Starless
What drives us to make ourselves look all the same - But look differently special at quite the same time? A strange situation without reason or rhyme! Conformity rules how we talk and we dress And governs the ways that we try to impress. We...
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Article
What Do We Mean When We Say, "I am Christian?"
Over the last fifteen years I listened to a growing number of troubled clergy who are in conflicted and or dying churches. (I believe there is a connection.) Sometimes the battles are over “LBGT” issues and other times it may be...
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Article
Are the New Atheists Wrong to Suggest Religious Moderates Justify the Extremes?
Should I abandon my tradition because liberal and moderate religion serves to justify the extremes? Is my participation in this religious institution providing legitimacy and credibility for fundamentalism, violence, oppression and bigotry...
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Article
Anne Rice Quits Christianity
By: Michael Rowe (For the Huffington Post)Ironically, author Anne Rice may have been more of a Christian yesterday than she ever was, when she announced, on Facebook, that she was quitting Christianity and renouncing any claim to the title...
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Article
Hear the Rumble of Christian Hypocrisy
BY: Richard Dawkins ( Timesonline.UK January 2010)  The religious mind, however, hubristically appropriates the blind happenings of physics for petty moralistic purposes. As with the Indonesian tsunami, which was blamed on loose sexual...
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Article
Does the Bible Really Call Homosexuality an “Abomination”?
This word, used for centuries to justify an anti-gay posture, has been badly translated and even more poorly understood....
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Educational Material
Well-Fed Spirit Website
A free Website providing diverse spiritual-practice and wellness resources for Christians in a progressive and affirming manner....
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Article(study/discussion guide)
Who Are the "Lost"?
At the recent Southern Baptist Convention which met in Orlando, a theme reiterated throughout the meeting was the “lostness” of the world. Consider the following quotes, taken from an article in the Western Recorder by Editor Todd...
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Book
Covenant Economics: A Biblical Vision of Justice for All
In this insightful new study, Dr. Horsley contends that God intensely cares about economic justice. As followers of the Heavenly Father, we, too, should be deeply concerned about this vital issue. Horsley divides his book into two sections:...
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Realistic Living
Focuses on Christian resurgence, metaphorical translation of the Bible, theological and ethical education, interreligious dialogue, science and religion, social justice, ecology, bioregionalism, and strategies for social change. Many of their books, essays, poems, and reviews are available as free downloads....
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The Progressive Christian (formerly Zion's Herald)
One of the oldest truly progressive religious publications in the United States, created in 1823. It's had a largely Methodist and New England identity but today is a national bi-monthly with an ecumenical/interfaith editorial outlook. Since reviving in 2000 in its current magazine format, it has earned national/international recognition, and is reaching a growing readership across the U.S....
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The Council for a Parliament of World's Religions
Works to cultivate harmony between the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its other guiding institutions, to achieve a peaceful, just, and sustainable world....
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Faith Futures Foundation
Exists to facilitate the interaction of scholarship and religion for the sake of re-envisioning the forms and roles of religion....
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Faith Voices
Strengthens religious and progressive organizations working together for the common good by engendering new ideas and language, educating the public, building consensus, and developing leadership....
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The Interfaith Alliance
A nonpartisan, interfaith organization committed to three main goals: promoting the positive role of religion as a healing and constructive force in public life, encouraging the renewal of religious values within our families and neighborhoods, and providing people of faith with an alternative voice to that of the radical religious right....
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The Jefferson Center for Religion and Philosophy
Seeks to draw on the world’s wisdom traditions to promote a humanitarian ethic and a spirituality of love, freedom, social justice, compassion for all people, and reverence for the Earth....
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Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
An inter-faith group which promotes religious tolerance as a universal human right. Their web site contains thousands of essays which describe many faith groups, provide religious information, and describe controversial topics from all points of view....
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The Pluralism Project
Developed by Diana L. Eck, Harvard University, to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities....
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Sea of Faith
Explores and promotes religious faith as a human creation....
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SnowStar Institute of Religion
Advances religious literacy and tolerance in Canada by helping interested individuals and communities find solidarity, make informed choices, and access educational materials....
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Tom Harpur
A Rhodes Scholar, Tom Harpur is Canada's best known religion writer. His newspaper column appears in The Toronto Star on Sunday, and he has written many books that focus on spiritual growth....
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United Religions Initiative
A permanent public forum where people of many faiths gather in mutual respect to pursue justice, healing and peace, with reverence for all life. The United Religions Initiative will have global visibility and stature, and will be a vital presence in communities all over the world....
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Soulforce
An interfaith movement committed to ending spiritual violence perpetuated by religious policies and teachings against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people....
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Killing the Buddha
A religion magazine for people made anxious by churches, people embarrassed to be caught in the "spirituality" section of a bookstore, people both hostile and drawn to talk of God....
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The Symposium
A magazine for college students published by the Self Knowledge Symposium. Also helpful for campus ministers and others who have an interest in the spiritual life of students or younger people. Free student subscriptions or free trial issues for non-students are available....
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Axiom Media
Dedicated to awakening American understanding of the struggles faced by the Palestinian people....
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The Interfaith Climate Change Network (ICCN)
A collaborative effort of the Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. The ICCN’s goal is to pursue justice for the poor around the world and protect all life on Earth by taking action to address global climate change....
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The Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP)
A project of the Tikkun Community, NSP is an association of people interested in challenging the misuse of religion, God, and spirit by the Religious Right, and educating people of faith to the understanding that a serious commitment to God, religion and spirit should manifest in social activism aimed at peace, universal disarmament, social justice. ...
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Progressive Christianity Network Victoria

PURPOSES OF THE PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN
NETWORK OF VICTORIA INC

1. Promote progressive Christian thought and practice.

2. Explore the implications of critical biblical scholarship and
the emerging proposals of eminent contemporary theologians,
scholars and others.

3. Explore alternatives to traditional religious beliefs and
practices and new ways to understand religious faith.

Progressive Spirituality Network (Queensland)

Between the no longer and the not yet.

Spirituality is maturing and Religion is diminished.
We are here to help with renewal and healing.

We are a growing network of "those who care" within the Church and beyond.

Patheos- Explore, Experience and Engage
What are the different religions? When and where did they start? What do they believe? Pick a lens to help you explore and understand the world's different belief traditions. Our library is easy to use and easy to understand. Written by the world's leading authorities - you are reading the most accurate and balanced information available on the web.  Each week here at Patheos, we will be presenting a Public Square topic that aims at the heart of what the American public cares about, about what the popular media reports, about what faith leaders preach and ......
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Open Letter to MC USA
We are writing as pastors and people who have ministered in the Mennonite Church. We are distressed by our Church's exclusion of sisters and brothers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Our hope for a Church guided by the radical hospitality of Jesus compels us to invite us all to confession and healing....
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Gaia House Interfaith Center

Gaia House- Interfaith Center is a welcoming community committed to a Spiritual Awareness that integrates Peace, Justice and Ecological Sustainability.  UCM established Gaia House- Interfaith Center to express our commitment to inclusion and interfaith dialogue.  Over the years, we have shared this space with several other faith and social justice groups working together to create a better world.

Progressive Christian Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong

The purpose of the Progressive Christian Fellowship (PCF) is to gather open-minded Christians in Hong Kong.  If you consider yourself an open-minded Christian and want to meet like-minded people, welcome to join us.

Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity
Thinking or reading yourself outside of the box of traditional Christianity can land you in some pretty foreign space. Usually, you either find yourself within a traditional congregation filled with people you can no longer have deep, meaningful conversations with or you find yourself outside of congregational life altogether. The Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity is a place where people who have experienced the isolation resulting from their spiritual growth or faith development can connect with others who have had similar experiences yet continue on the quest for meaning. ...
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Open Christianity Network Ireland
Open Christianity is a network of people who wish to engage with the Christian tradition in their search for meaning. We affirm the freedom of each individual to develop their own spiritual vision, and accept that in this task there are differences as well as similarities between us....
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These sites do not necessarily reflect the views of TCPC board or staff, and not all of their views may be considered "progressive," but they have content that may be helpful or interesting.