The Regional Synod of New York includes classes and congregations that are urban, suburban, and rural; large, medium, and small; black, white, Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial; progressive, moderate, and conservative—as well as those that don’t comfortably wear such labels. United in and through Jesus’s saving love, we rejoice in the diversity of our family of faith and we delight in the inclusive message of the Gospel. We honor Scripture as authoritative and divinely inspired, even as we recognize that we may have differences in faithful interpretation. Recognizing that our love is our response to God’s love and our grace a reflection of God’s grace, we welcome all.
A Hopeful RSNY Greetings: Praying you and yours a very blessed and happy Easter season filled with joy, peace, and renewal! May this holiday bring you and your loved ones a time to celebrate Jesus in your daily Bread.
The Regional Synod of New York has been known as a Synod that keeps diversity Alive. As we continue to grow in our faith journey, we enabled the spirit of God to foster diversity in our polity and practice far beyond the Denomination’s policy for Racial Response of Diversity after Covid-19, a multicultural, multiethnic, and multigenerational population that mirrors Revelation 7. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once explained that Sunday was the most segregated day of the week for the
