PRESENTS
The Rev. Nancy Petty - is an activist pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is openly lesbian and has long been a champion in the fight for marriage equality and LGBTQ rights more broadly. Her church has been LGBTQ-affirming for more than 25 years, a position which led to its exclusion from the Raleigh Baptist Association, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and the Southern Baptist Convention. She told the authors that after the church was excluded from these groups, its membership actually increased, as both LGBTQ people and their allies became aware of the presence of a welcoming and affirming church community.
