{"id":5494,"date":"2021-08-11T21:40:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immanuel.se\/en\/?page_id=5494"},"modified":"2021-08-16T11:33:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T09:33:33","slug":"including","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.immanuel.se\/en\/about-the-church\/including\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Is Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Welcome to Immanuel Church \u2013 no matter who you are. We value diversity and want our church to be characterized by warmth, love and respect. LGBTQ people are welcome on the same terms as others \u2013 as visitors, participants, members, volunteers, elected representatives, leaders or employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Rainbow families, parents and LGBTQ-youth are welcome in child- and youth-ministries. 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