Since he first began exploring issues related to the LGBTI+ community more than two years ago, Buda United Methodist Church Minister Jim Philpott has seen the good and the bad.
There’s been blowback and “a couple of families” who decided they would rather worship somewhere else but there have also been baptisms of the children of same sex parents that didn’t draw “any terrible reaction.”
Mostly, though, his focus has been one of inclusion and support, and that mission is becoming more local now that there is a PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) group set to meet in the Buda area. Though the next meeting is as yet uncertain, “the main thing we’re interested in is getting the word out,” Philpott said, referring those seeking to learn more to https://pflagaustin.org.
