Anyone who recognizes that sexuality is more than childbearing has far too often been unable to find a place in the church. These churches claim to use the Bible as a source. Is that right? And, at all reasonable, as a church, to base ideas about morality so specifically on the Bible. Fortunately, there are churches where they think differently. Do we dare to open the Bible? And we dare to be inspired by stories and texts, which we can read differently than is so often the case. And we can read stories about inclusivity. About Biblical heroes who do not meet the prescribed image.

Essemie van Dunné, pastor of Doopsgezind Amsterdam, married to a woman, likes to read the Bible differently than many are used to.