Truth With Tenderness: Leading Without Spiritual Harm in LGBTQ Conversations

Purpose

Equip leaders to respond to LGBTQ questions in ways that:

• Reflect Christ’s love in Matthew 25
• Preserve doctrinal integrity
• Avoid spiritual injury
• Build relational credibility

Outcomes

Leaders will demonstrate:

1. Emotional safety skills
2. Non-defensive theological clarity
3. Trauma-aware pastoral responses
4. Observable love in action
5. Conflict-competent dialogue

Module 1. The Matthew 25 Baseline

Module 2. What Spiritual Harm Looks Like

Module 3. The Listening Discipline

Module 4. The Matthew 25 Response Grid

Module 5. Speaking Truth Without Spiritual Violence