Our Congregation
Divinity has been worshipping God together and serving our neighbors in the Towson & Baltimore, MD areas since 1960. We are a small community located in a peaceful setting with a heart for learning, growing, and sharing the liberating news of God’s love and grace for all people.
Our Church
Divinity Lutheran Church is a member congregation of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), which is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with about 4 million members in nearly 10,000 congregations across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
From the ELCA’s “Mission & Vision” page, our core values as a denomination include:
- Forgiveness and reconciliation
- Dignity, compassion and justice
- Inclusion and diversity
- Courage and openness to change
- Faithful stewardship of God’s creation and gifts
Our Welcome
Divinity has been a “Reconciling in Christ” congregation since 2002, which is a designation provided through the ReconcilingWorks organization. “Since 1974, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation has advocated for the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of LGBTQIA+ Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community” Learn more at the Reconciling Works website and read our RIC Welcome Statement below:
“We in the Divinity Lutheran community strive to share God’s good news of unconditional and liberating love with all people, affirming the whole selves of all, including their sexual orientation, gender identity & expression, ethnicity, race, abilities, and age, and we seek to enable a just world where this may be a reality in all times and all places, with a focused commitment to work towards gender and racial equity.”