November 2019 - IAM Ministries | Inclusive & Affirming Ministries (IAM)

Reclaiming humanity through acceptance: bringing the message home

by Bonganjalo Mbenenge | Nov 26, 2019 | Reflections

In our last post, we met Bonganjalo (“Bonga”) Mbenenge, a Minister of a Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa (URCSA) congregation in George. His studies at Stellenbosch University and his participation in events such as IAM’s 2017 Queer Think Tank helped shape...

Reclaiming humanity through acceptance: Meet Bonga Mbenenge

by Bonganjalo Mbenenge | Nov 26, 2019 | Reflections

Bonganjalo (“Bonga”) Mbenenge grew up the son of a minister and a school principal mother in the Eastern Cape in Port Elizabeth. His very religious Xhosa upbringing didn’t prepare him for the discussions around homosexuality that he encountered when he began studying...

Journeying together towards empowerment as queer people of faith

by Nokuthula “Thuli” Mjwara | Nov 19, 2019 | Reflections

An integral part of IAM’s work is to ensure that strong, mature LGBTQIA+ people are empowered to assert themselves and embrace diversity in all contexts, based on the integration of their faith and understanding of their own and other’s diversity. IAM has designed a...