Growing in Community
Find your people and deepen the connections that started at Ember.
Cohort Communities
Holy Mischief Laboratory
Begins March 22, 2:00–3:30pm PT · Hosted by Dr. Tamice Spencer-Helms & Alison Moscoso
This Lab gives people space to consider Jesus anew, without any agenda or preset answers. In the cohort, we'll hear different perspectives on Jesus from a range of sources, activate our own imagination to encounter Jesus in story, and notice what Jesus might mean in our own lived reality.
Learn More →Grey Space
Launches in June · Hosted by Alison Moscoso
Get unstuck by processing your faith experience and deconstruction in a safe, supportive container where your angst is welcomed and held as sacred. We will ground ourselves in resilience practices, recognize and name harm, mourn our losses, explore our own understandings of God, and imagine a new way forward.
Learn More →Gathering Spaces
The New Evangelicals Community Space
TNE Connect offers a dedicated community hub for like-minded individuals. Here you have access to our community hub, regional chats and private cohorts as well as access to content, resources and educational courses. Join here if you are looking for Community!
Join Community →Transmission Ministry Collective
TMC is a collective by and for trans and gender-expansive people from Christian backgrounds, offering regular support groups and a 24/7 online community space. We also offer support and learning opportunities for family members and ministry leaders seeking to step deeper into solidarity with their trans siblings.
Learn More →Contemplative Spirituality Group
Every other Monday, 6:30–8pm · Hosted by Matt Nightingale
A safe and sacred space to explore spiritual journeys together.
Learn More →Numa
Support groups for exvangelicals, including LGBTQ+ specific groups.
Learn More →Faith Communities
Progressive, affirming, and reimagined expressions of faith across the country and online.
Church Clarity
Everywhere
A crowd-sourced database of Christian congregations scored based on how easy it is to find a church's Actively Enforced Policy online. A helpful tool for finding a church that aligns with your values.
Search Database →Post-Evangelical Collective Church Directory
The Post Evangelical Collective connects, cultivates, and resources post-evangelical churches. They also offer a database of churches aligned with their values.
Find a Church →Local & Regional
Oaklife Church
Oakland, CA
A community committed to following Jesus in ways that bring healing, justice, and transformation to our world.
Learn More →St Lucy's Episcopal Church
Oakland, CA
Pursuing wholeness by celebrating the mystery of Christ through human connection, stories, conversation, and meaningful ritual.
Learn More →Dwell Church
Peninsula Bay Area, CA
An affirming and diverse church focused on helping people dwell in the presence of Jesus.
Learn More →Every Table
Richmond, VA
A diverse community of people from all faith backgrounds coming together to heal from the ways white supremacy and capitalism have torn us apart.
Learn More →The Quest
Marin County, CA · Also streams online
Belonging, Believing, Becoming. A progressive Christian community of faith.
Learn More →Virtual Communities
The Intention Church
A gathering of believers committed to following the narrow way of Jesus through humility, justice seeking, peacemaking, and embodying love.
Learn More →Upcoming Events
From Ember Guides and Partners — keep the momentum going.
Race, Religion, and Public Policy
March 16, 4pm PT · Hosted by Ciarra Jones
A workshop delving into the interconnectedness of race, religion, and policy, exploring how these powerful forces shape our identities, experiences, and society.
Register →New Moon Prayer
March 18, 5pm PT · Hosted by Nya Abernathy
An hour of virtual space to come and quietly pray. Connect and communicate with Spirit during the New Moon energy in a shared space.
Register →The Followership Summit
April 10–11 · Oklahoma City or Virtual
The Curian Network's annual gathering of theological migrants, forward-thinking faith leaders, and anyone reimagining what it means to lead with love rather than coercion.
Get Tickets →Post Evangelical Collective National Gathering
April 28–29 · Boston
A gathering for pastors, leaders and artists wanting to be a part of reimagining the Church.
Learn More →Here Gathering
May 1–2 · Nashville · Hosted by Numa
This experience is for queer people who came out of Evangelicalism and are ready for something quieter, deeper and more real.
Learn More →Learning
Substacks, books, and podcasts from your Ember Guides to keep you nourished.
Substacks
Of Earth and Of Stars
by Nya Abernathy
"I want to rekindle your wonder and awe with words. With connection. With awareness that isn't an escape from reality, but a wider view of it."
Read →Black Modern Mystic
by Dr. Tamice Spencer-Helms
"A space where scholarship, social transformation, and spirituality meet through a Black queer liberation lens."
Read →Beloved
by Brian Recker
"Christian spirituality without the dogma. The whole point is love, or I don't want it."
Read →Paul's Substack
by Paul Hoard
"Theorizing the 'Lack' at the heart of our shared life — theological, cultural, and playful."
Read →God Made Me Gay
by Mike Maeshiro
"Tables have to be flipped, privilege has to be checked. Queerness, spirituality and finding language for the unsaid things."
Read →TRANSposition
by Billie Hoard
"Queer Explorations of Religion, Culture, Philosophy, and Political Dissent, oh and also C. S. Lewis"
Read →The Way Station
by Alison Moscoso
"Reflections on the spiritual journey focused on shifting high-control Christian narratives to expansive, trauma-informed spirituality."
Read →Terra Divina
by Kat Gonzales
Spiritually-rooted reflections on climate justice and collective liberation.
Read →Books by Ember Guides
Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life
Billie & Paul Hoard
Carnegie Halls in Shower Stalls
Nicholas Steven George
Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd
Tamice Spencer-Helms
Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
Brian Recker
Making It Plain: Why We Need Anabaptism and the Black Church
Drew Hart
Take Me to the Water
Starlette Thomas
Theologizin' Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly
Trey Ferguson
Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism
Drew Hart
Welcome, Wonder: A Season of Practices to Curate an Awe-Filled Life
Nya Abernathy
Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance
Drew Hart
Sponsor Recommended Books
The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
Richard Rohr
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Cole Arthur Riley
A Rebellion of Care: Poems & Essays
David Gate
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
Jeff Chu
Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
Sarah Bessey
The Place Between Our Pains: A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive (available 5/19/26)
K.J. Ramsey
Podcasts
A Third Way
Explores the tension of following Jesus that moves beyond cut and dry, black and white answers, while inviting the Church to pace culture.
Listen →Black Modern Mystic
A podcast for social transformation — born from the sacred refusal of the Hush Harbor tradition.
Listen →Inverse Podcast
Belongs to the ones who are dissatisfied with the Bible being used to justify hatred.
Listen →New Living Treyslation
Shares scriptures in a modern vernacular and wrestles with one critical question: what's it to me?
Listen →Right There With You
A podcast community showcasing the human experience, emphasizing the extraordinary strength we find within ourselves.
Listen →The Community Garden
"I'll be chatting with theologians, spiritual leaders, gardeners, and more to ask: what does liberation look like?"
Listen →The Raceless Gospel
Offers listeners a respite — an inquiry for the sleepy-headed who are tired of white-body supremacy's narrative.
Listen →Three Black Men
Robert Monson, Sam Gay, and Trey discuss a wide range of topics from their vantage point as Black men who hold Christian convictions.
Listen →Unconventional Leaders
"Storytelling that gets people excited about your work! If you feel like the misfit, the one who thinks differently, this show helps you turn the parts of your story you felt unsure about into your greatest advantage."
Listen →Spiritual Care
A listening profession that provides a safe, nonjudgmental, and supportive container for you to process all that's within your heart.
Ember Spiritual Directors
Alison Moscoso
Spiritual direction, coaching, and supportive containers for faith deconstruction and reconstruction.
Connect →Matt Nightingale
Spiritual direction and safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ people exploring the intersection of spirituality and sexuality.
Connect →Spiritual Director Databases
Spiritual Directors of Color Network
Online database for spiritual directors of color
The Christian Closet
Virtual coaching, spiritual direction, and psychotherapy at the intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and Christianity
Spiritual Directors International
Online global database for spiritual directors
Coaching
Ciarra Jones
Inclusive Leadership coaching, Toxic Workplace recovery, Religious Deconstruction consulting
Learn More →Mike Maeshiro
Everyone deserves the opportunity to live freely and fully. An individualized, 1-1 approach to support your full potential.
Learn More →Spiritual Care Spaces
Common Sanctuary with Matt Nightingale
"We create a safe and affirming space for LGBTQ+ people exploring the intersection of spirituality and sexuality."
Learn More →Esshec Studio with Nya Abernathy
"An intuitive apothecary where I create space for vulnerability, connection, play, resourcing, and repair. I co-create with you and Spirit using various modalities for energetic support, spiritual healing, and emotional care."
Book a Session →Roots and Skies with Kat Gonzales
"Personalized readings that delve into your birth chart, revealing how you are uniquely poised to contribute to collective liberation. Specializes in transformation, leadership, spiritual healing, ancestral gifts, and astrocartography."
Learn More →Faith, Communities, and Ministries
"A community of spiritual seekers: ministers, chaplains, faith leaders, and spiritual care practitioners." They offer a database of ministers.
Find a Minister →Mental Health Support
Affinity-focused mental health organizations and therapist databases.
Asian Mental Health Collective
Affinity organization offering resources including a database of Asian therapists
Find Resources →Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
Affinity organization offering resources including a database of Black therapists
Find Resources →Latinx Therapists Action Network
Affinity organization offering resources including a database of Latinx therapists
Find Resources →National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
Affinity organization offering resources including an online database of LGBTQ+ therapists of color
Find a Therapist →Music & Poetry
Keep the music and words of Ember alive in your everyday life.
Jenn Ayala with The Underlay
Greg Steward with Lyrical Opposition
Nick George The Poet
Gathering Contacts
Stay connected with the people and organizations who made Ember possible.
Guides
Connect with our Ember Guides and learn more about their work.
Visit Guides Page →Hosting Partners
Nu Foundation
Building networks of communities, resources, and events that are inclusive, anti-racist, Jesus-loving, and social justice-oriented. Serving as our fiscal sponsor and founding partner.
Learn More →Oaklife Church
A community committed to following Jesus in ways that bring healing, justice, and transformation to our world. Provided local venue and logistical support in Oakland.
Learn More →