One Body, Many Members: Disability and Diversity in the Church
Session Description
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body." -1 Cor. 12:12-13. The body of Christ is one body made up of individual members with both visible and hidden differences in abilities. What difference does it make to believe that each member has been arranged in the body as God has chosen? How can the church better live into the reality of this oneness while celebrating the gifts of its unique members regardless of ability?
Conference Title
2022 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
2-1-2022
Event Type
Panel/Conversation
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Worship
Topic
Disability Inclusion/Universal Design
Keywords:
universal design, disability, worship, accessibility
Upload Date
1-2-2022 12:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship; Fox, Bethany McKinney; Hardwick, Lamar; Reid, Satrina; and White, Victoria, "One Body, Many Members: Disability and Diversity in the Church" (2022). Symposium on Worship Archive. 12.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2022/sessions/12
One Body, Many Members: Disability and Diversity in the Church
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body." -1 Cor. 12:12-13. The body of Christ is one body made up of individual members with both visible and hidden differences in abilities. What difference does it make to believe that each member has been arranged in the body as God has chosen? How can the church better live into the reality of this oneness while celebrating the gifts of its unique members regardless of ability?