The Oasis can refer to any of a series of diocesan ministries of the Episcopal Church to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) persons.
The first Oasis group was established in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark by bishop John Shelby Spong on June 21, 1989 at All Saints Church, Hoboken.
The Oasis provided a "safe space" for them to worship together, as well as social events, educational opportunities, etc., while also helping build acceptance in the rest of the church.
In January of that year, a diocesan LGBT ministry in San Francisco which had operated as The Parsonage since 1981 was reorganized with the assistance of Norgard as Oasis/California.
[6] The Oasis ministries work alongside IntegrityUSA, a national organization which was founded by Louie Crew in 1974, in projects like Believe Out Loud, an ecumenical campaign to promote LGBT inclusion within mainline Protestant denominations.