Awaken 2021: Aotearoa's Rainbow Faith Gathering w/ Neill Ballantyne: March 09, 2020

Diverse Church NZ is a Rainbow Christian network that connects people who are part of both the LGBTQI+ and Christian communities. 

Awaken 2021 is an event (March 26, 27 and 28) created by Diverse Church NZ that aims to empower queer people of faith, as well as bridge the often complicated divide between faith and the rainbow community in Aotearoa.

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Neill Ballantyne, an Awaken 2021 organiser, about the event. They discuss the issues facing queer Christian people today, how change can happen widely across the different denominations of the Christian faith and the government's steps to ban conversion therapy, which has been a significant policy issue this Pride Month.