Mapping the Margins of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries: A Documentarian’s Journey

In this paper I share my journey as a documentary filmmaker and photographer documenting the work of Bishop Yvette Flunder and The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries Movement. The movement on the margins of the traditional Black church is happening in this LGBTQ+ community. Over the last three years I have been co-creating with my LGBTQ+ siblings a six part documentary series along with portraits and documentary photos mapping the growth of this movement. This work has transformed me as I have seen God birth the Black church anew in this terrain. In this paper I share how a cisgender, heterosexual Black male was called to do this work and how I found God anew in my new faith home with my LGBTQ+ siblings. Moreover I share the story of this new church and how it is manifesting itself on a global landscape.