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United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries,
An Inclusion Ministry of the United Church of Christ
To be a Church where everyone is welcome.
To encourage local churches to be open, inclusive, affirming and accessible in all aspects of their lives, including buildings, worship, education, fellowship and service, and thereby enabled to proclaim God’s word with and to all persons, including people with disabilities.
To advocate with and for persons with disabilities, especially people who have been marginalized and alienated.
To advocate for and collaborate with care giving ministries with and for
persons with disabilities.
To develop and support the leadership of laity and clergy with disabilities at all levels within the entire United Church of Christ.
To encourage all settings of the United Church of Christ to consciously use language inclusive of and sensitive to accessibility and disabilities issues.
To offer a forum of communication and networking.
This site is designed and maintained by the UCC DM web team to help members and friends of the UCC explore what it means for our churches (and our hearts) to be “accessible to all” (A2A Study Guide).
- How Do We Become A2A?
- Why A2A? The mission of the United Church of Christ is to be Multiracial, Multicultural, Open and Affirming, and Accessible to All – A Church where everyone is welcome.
- What is the A2A mandate?