OUR STORY

In fall 2019, a group in Pittsburgh began meeting weekly—not to start a church, but to support each other in leaving evangelicalism. We needed space to confront our faith’s ties to white supremacy, patriarchy, and heterosexism.

Then the pandemic pushed us onto Zoom, and others joined from across the U.S. and beyond, seeking an inclusive, antiracist, LGBTQIA-affirming Christian community. Realizing we were already being a church, we chose to stay online, creating Harbor Online Community.

Since March 2021, we’ve been an independent church, grateful for partnerships with Launchpad Partners, the United Church of Christ, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists.

VISION

Belonging Together in the Beloved Community

We are a community in which everyone belongs to each other and to God as we choose to live together into the reality of the Beloved Community “on earth as it is in heaven.” Every person who desires to belong here does—all races, sexualities, genders, nationalities, beliefs—because God desires every single person. We are all made in God’s image.

MISSION

Connect, Explore, Create, Transform

We commit to connect people to each other and to God, explore what it means to follow the way of Jesus, create beauty and justice in community, and transform ourselves and the world to hold more of God’s peace. 

DISTINCTIVES

OUR CO-PASTORS

Dawn Dickieson-Leger (she/her)

Jon Mathieu (he/him)

Dottie Oleson (she/her)

GET IN TOUCH

Finding a new faith community—in-person or online—can be a vulnerable experience. Sometimes it helps to have a little more information or to speak with a real person before taking the plunge to attend anything. We are here for you. Contact us for more information on how to schedule a Zoom call with one of our pastors or to learn more about Harbor.