"An Expansive Welcome...and Beyon...
"An Expansive Welcome...and Beyond" with the Rev. Charles Graves, IV
Coming Out Christian - A LOVEboldly Podcast by Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and Ben Huelskamp
S3 · E3
Apr 19, 2026
59:26
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Coming Out Christian | Season 3, Episode 3 Guest: Rev. Charles Graves, IV

The church has made progress on LGBTQIA+ inclusion — but what happens when the conversation goes deeper than who's welcome at the table?

Rev. Charles Graves, IV is the Fourteenth Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a seventh-generation Episcopalian, and a member of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church since 2019. He's also the creator of a denominational task force asking some of the most pressing questions in progressive Christianity today: How does the church understand and respond to household and relationship diversity — including polyamory? And how do we construct a sexual ethics that is both expansive and protective?

In this episode, hosts Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp ... 

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