Middle Church

We’re asking the big question this 4th of July weekend. 🎆
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, standing right outside Middle Church: How can we build the country we’re dreaming about where everyone is flourishing?
Her answer: Come to Freedom Rising.
This year’s theme: Love and Liberation, NOW.
Eleven days before the midterms, three days to rehearse the world we refuse to lose. A gathering of artists, activists, authors, and good-trouble-agitators building a more just society through spirituality, justice, and the arts.
📅 October 23–25, 2026
📍 Middle Church, NYC + Online
🎟️ freedomrisingconference.com — early bird tickets available tonight, space is limited
This Independence Day, ask yourself her question. Then come help build the answer. 🕊️✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊✊🏻✊🏽

Throwback because PRIDE DOESN’T END ON JUNE 30:
He put on the heels. The whole church lost it. 👠
Rev. Macky Alston wasn’t just telling a story about Middle member 💙✨ Sober & Healing ✨💙 who taught him what freedom looks like — he became the story. Five-inch heels. Feather coat. A sanctuary on its feet.
Go watch the sermon on YouTube, but here’s the Cliff’s Notes: God is love. God made you. God knows your innermost self — and delights in you. Exactly as you are. No edits.
This is Pride Sunday at Middle Church. This is what radically inclusive faith looks like. 🌈✝️
👀 Watch to the end.

💬 Tag someone who needs to hear “you are free.”

🔁 Share if you believe church should look like this.

We look back on an amazing Pride Sunday, and we look forward to an incredible path ahead.
You celebrate with us.
You help us get there!
As we wrap our fiscal year, we say thank you to those who have given of their time, talent, and treasures this last year. (There’s still a few hours remaining!! middlechurch.org/donate)
And as we wrap another stunning Pride Month, we know that Pride isn’t just a month. We will keep on singing, fighting, dancing, working for justice. We get there together or we won’t get there at all.✊🏽✊✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼