The book UnClobber: Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality by Colby Martin shares his journey as an evangelical pastor engaging with LGBTQIA+ people through a biblical and compassionate lens. It offers an accessible, scripture-based examination of the six "clobber texts" and demonstrates how Christians can fully embrace LGBTQIA+ individuals within God’s family.

This book is a valuable resource for Kinship members, leadership, and allies. Seventh-day Adventist Kinship is launching an outreach project to promote and distribute it within Adventist communities. Thousands of pastors, church leaders, and members will receive the book, aiming to foster conversations about LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the church, open hearts and minds, and create more loving, inclusive congregations that reflect God’s love for all.

Reinder Bruinsma, ancien président de conférence des Adventistes du Septième Jour et administrateur de la Conférence Générale, continue de collaborer avec la direction et les fidèles adventistes pendant sa « retraite ». Après avoir établi un lien avec Kinship lors d’une réunion européenne de Kinship aux Pays-Bas, son point de vue sur la diversité de genre et de sexualité au sein de l’adventisme a évolué, l’incitant à rédiger une théologie adventiste du septième jour plus inclusive.

Avec l’aide de Frieder et Ingrid Schmid, Per Bolling, Valerie Ballieux et Ruud Kieboom, le livre a été traduit en cinq langues, la traduction espagnole étant en cours. Les membres de Kinship et de Building Safe Places distribuent des exemplaires aux pasteurs et aux administrateurs. Les lecteurs sont invités à partager la version électronique et à demander des exemplaires papier ou tout renseignement complémentaire.

This book invites a theological conversation on same-sex marriage, gender, and identity, challenging traditional Adventist beliefs. It specifically explores the denomination's theological stance while questioning it from an affirming perspective.

Rooted in scripture, the book addresses lingering questions for those unsettled by standard answers or dissatisfied with the institutional church's approach. It seeks to foster meaningful dialogue without avoidance or conflict, acknowledging the church's struggle to navigate these complex topics.

In the fall of 2023, the leadership of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists launched a campaign to counter the growing criticism of its denial of biological causes for sexual orientations, its assertion of their changeability, and its theological rejection of same-sex monogamous relationships.

However, already at the beginning of that year, the editors of this book had decided to ask Adventist scholars in Germany and elsewhere to present alternative views in order to promote a more balanced discussion of these issues. The book Queergedacht (queer thinking with a phonetic allusion to thinking outside the box), was published in September 2023, and almost sold out within three months. Therefore, this second, expanded edition was printed.

The editors felt the time had come to also prepare an English edition since no Adventist work with contributions from experts in their fields has been published since Christianity and Homosexuality: Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives by Adventist Forum in 2008. The contributions of over 20 authors to this book will enrich and balance the debate about sexual orientations and relationships through new biological findings, experiences of conversion therapy attempts, and by offering better biblical interpretations to harmful texts. The authors aim to encourage a rethinking and above all a change in attitude towards queer church members and their monogamous relationships.

Share the struggles of a minister's family as they learn to cope with and understand their youngest son's homosexuality.

The Guiding Families booklet serves to help improve church members' ability to demonstrate the love of Jesus to those in our Adventist homes, churches, or schools who are of another orientation and/or identity. It introduces the reader to a glossary of terms used to identify the various groups in the LGBT+ community and includes guidance on developing a care plan built on trust, common answers to tough questions, biblically-based examples of how to pray in faith and trust in God, and why it is important to remain faithful to the Bible.

This booklet is supported by the NAD and is freely available through Advent Source. Although the guide, stops short of full acceptance of the LGBT+ community, and the final page re-iterates the official statement from the SDA church, Kinship feels that this Adventist approved booklet is a major leap forward and useful resource for enhancing communication and discussion around LGBT+ issues and the church.

Reinder Bruinsma, tidligere formand for en syvendedagsadventist-konference og administrator i Generalkonferencen, fortsætter med at engagere sig med adventistisk lederskab og lægfolk i sin “pensionisttilværelse.”
Efter at have knyttet kontakt til Kinship på et europæisk Kinship-møde i Holland, udviklede hans syn på køns- og seksualitetsmangfoldighed inden for adventismen sig. Det inspirerede ham til at skrive en mere inkluderende syvendedagsadventistisk teologi.

Med hjælp fra Frieder og Ingrid Schmid, Per Bolling, Valerie Ballieux og Ruud Kieboom er bogen blevet oversat til fem sprog, og en spansk oversættelse er undervejs.
Medlemmer af Kinship og Building Safe Places deler kopier ud til præster og administratorer.
Læsere opfordres til at dele den elektroniske version og kontakte arrangørerne for trykte eksemplarer eller yderligere forespørgsler.

Reinder Bruinsma, tidigare konferensordförande för sjundedagsadventister och administratör vid Generalkonferensen, fortsätter att samarbeta med adventistiskt ledarskap och lekmän under sin pension. Efter att ha knutit kontakt med Kinship vid ett europeiskt Kinship-möte i Nederländerna utvecklades hans syn på köns- och sexualitetsmångfald inom adventismen, vilket inspirerade honom att skriva en mer inkluderande sjundedagsadventistisk teologi.

Med hjälp av Frieder och Ingrid Schmid, Per Bolling, Valerie Ballieux och Ruud Kieboom har boken översatts till fem språk, och en spansk översättning pågår. Medlemmar i Kinship och Building Safe Places delar ut exemplar till pastorer och administratörer. Läsarna uppmanas att sprida den elektroniska versionen och kontakta organisationen för tryckta exemplar eller ytterligare frågor.

Reinder Bruinsma, ehemaliger Präsident einer Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten-Konferenz und Administrator der Generalkonferenz, engagiert sich auch während seines „Ruhestands“ weiterhin mit adventistischer Leitung und Laien. Nachdem er auf einem europäischen Kinship-Treffen in den Niederlanden Kontakt zu Kinship geknüpft hatte, entwickelte sich seine Sicht auf Geschlechter- und Sexualitätsvielfalt im Adventismus weiter und inspirierte ihn dazu, eine inklusivere Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten-Theologie zu verfassen.

Mit Unterstützung von Frieder und Ingrid Schmid, Per Bolling, Valerie Ballieux und Ruud Kieboom wurde das Buch in fünf Sprachen übersetzt; eine spanische Übersetzung ist in Arbeit. Mitglieder von Kinship und Building Safe Places verteilen Exemplare an Pastoren und Administratoren. Leser werden ermutigt, die elektronische Version weiterzugeben und sich für gedruckte Ausgaben oder Rückfragen zu melden.

Esta coleção de capítulos, escrita por respeitados profissionais adventistas, explora temas que vão desde a análise das Escrituras até experiências pessoais. Projetado para estimular o diálogo em vez de oferecer respostas definitivas, o livro inclui perguntas para discussão, tornando-o um recurso valioso para adventistas e outras comunidades religiosas.

Destacando o compromisso histórico da Igreja Adventista com a justiça social, o livro revisita sua herança progressista, defendendo a abertura à “verdade presente” com base em uma compreensão mais profunda das Escrituras, especialmente no que diz respeito aos seus membros não-heterossexuais.

This collection of chapters, authored by respected Adventist professionals, explores topics ranging from scriptural analysis to personal experiences. Designed to foster dialogue rather than provide definitive answers, the book includes discussion questions, making it a valuable resource for Adventists and other religious communities.

Highlighting the Adventist church's historical commitment to social justice, the book revisits its progressive heritage, advocating for openness to "present truth" as informed by a deeper understanding of Scripture, particularly in relation to its non-heterosexual members.

Reinder Bruinsma has served as a Seventh-day Adventist conference president for the Netherlands and Belgium, a General Conference administrator, pastor, and author. In his so-called "retirement," he continues to write, speak at Adventist leadership and laity conferences, and attend meetings worldwide.

Reinder first connected with Kinship at a European Kinship Meeting (EKM) in the Netherlands, where the stories he heard began to reshape his views on gender and sexuality diversity within Adventism. After participating in several Building Safe Places—for Everyone meetings in Germany, he was inspired to write a more inclusive Seventh-day Adventist theology, reflecting his personal and theological journey.

Reinder, along with Frieder and Ingrid Schmid, Per Bolling, and Valerie Ballieux, translated the text into five languages, with the Spanish translation still in progress. Ruud Kieboom contributed with a beautiful layout, and Kinship and Building Safe Places members have distributed paper copies to pastors and administrators.