https://www.murrayfellows.org/home daily 1.0 2021-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60257d2176d0063ec3a7b2b7/1617760492159-PSM9HBU8EEW1ADWVIF16/pauli%2Bmurray%2B1.jpg Home - Following in the footsteps of heroes of the faith. The Murray Fellows program is named for Pauli Murray, a civil rights attorney and Episcopal priest who pushed the limits of gender and blazed a new trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60257d2176d0063ec3a7b2b7/1617759570855-M2DDIYTPM0FN49OYBYQH/48997538522_d120577000_o.jpg Home - Celebrating faith and sexuality as gifts from God. We believe that people of all sexual orientations and gender identities can be empowered disciples of Jesus Christ and leaders in our churches, schools, and mission fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60257d2176d0063ec3a7b2b7/1617759975933-HGVVUIFAXFGE5Z6B1OXY/48997334226_33715c1590_o.jpg Home - Connecting with mentors who have been there. Murray Fellows commit to a year of small groups with each other and one-on-one mentoring with LGBTQ+ Christian leaders from diverse denominations and backgrounds. https://www.murrayfellows.org/faq daily 0.75 2025-09-10 https://www.murrayfellows.org/purpose daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60257d2176d0063ec3a7b2b7/1617910900786-IGG1OS9ZAWFLR90DXUYM/49029869417_a2323d74d7_o.jpg Purpose - Raising up faithful LGBTQ+ ministers of the Gospel. LGBTQ+ and questioning Christians exploring ministry experience the same call as their straight peers — but they run into more roadblocks along the way. From “non-affirming” churches to intense scrutiny of their personal lives to discrimination during ministry job searches, LGBTQ+ people face specific challenges in living out their call. The Murray Fellows program exists to help young adults navigate these challenges so that they might become more capable and effective ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Learn more. https://www.murrayfellows.org/contact daily 0.75 2021-04-08 https://www.murrayfellows.org/people daily 0.75 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60257d2176d0063ec3a7b2b7/1617932643080-5Q96OTZNEH3XFF4ZITU2/fte.jpg People - Forum for Theological Exploration The Murray Fellows are funded by a generous grant from the Forum for Theological Exploration, a leadership incubator for the church and world. FTE is helping raise up the next generation of diverse Christian leaders through grants, fellowships, and mentoring. Learn more about FTE. https://www.murrayfellows.org/program daily 0.75 2025-09-10 https://www.murrayfellows.org/should-i-apply daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://www.murrayfellows.org/apply daily 0.75 2021-06-02 https://www.murrayfellows.org/namesake daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60257d2176d0063ec3a7b2b7/1617841801395-1HJSZ8SXL6Z87LPW2N3K/pauli+murray+1.png Namesake - Priest. Pastor. Prophet. Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was a pastor and civil rights attorney who advocated for racial, gender, and economic justice. Murray was a brilliant legal scholar who helped lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education, a faithful pastor who broke barriers of gender and race in the church, and, in her* own words, “one of nature’s experiments: a girl who should have been a boy.” Murray’s meaningful romantic relationships were with women, and she spent much of her life trying to make sense of her gender and sexuality. She considered herself a fusion of male and female characteristics, and is celebrated as the first African-American woman ordained in the Episcopal Church. Few people have had such a profound impact on so many areas of American life. In Notable American Women, editor Susan Ware writes: “Civil rights, feminism, religion, literature, law, sexuality – no matter what the subject, there is Pauli Murray.” In recognition of her countless contributions to the church and the world, the Murray Fellows program is named in her honor. *There is much debate about the pronouns Pauli Murray would choose to use if she were alive today, and scholars variously refer to Murray using he/him, they/them, and she/her. The Murray Fellows program acknowledges the appropriateness of all of these, while employing the pronouns that Murray used to refer to herself during her years as a priest. Learn more. https://www.murrayfellows.org/statement-of-faith daily 0.75 2021-05-11