{"id":52,"date":"2026-05-01T16:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/vcc2slgbtqiastudentguide\/chapter\/spirituality-and-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:47:19","slug":"spirituality-and-faith","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/vcc2slgbtqiastudentguide\/chapter\/spirituality-and-faith\/","title":{"raw":"Spirituality and Faith","rendered":"Spirituality and Faith"},"content":{"raw":"<a href=\"https:\/\/2spiritsbc.com\/\">2 Spirits of BC<\/a>\r\nThe society strives to provide opportunities to its members to strengthen and heal their spirits, hearts, minds and physical well-being.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2656\/2026\/04\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"90\" \/>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaychurch.org\/find_a_church\/\">Affirming Churches<\/a>\r\nA list of churches that are officially affirming or inclusive, with rainbow flags on their websites and specific language about 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion. 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