Open Table Network

Open Table Network (OTN) is a Christian charity which supports church communities for LGBT people and their allies in England and Wales.

[7][8] Bohan broadcast a reflection on Open Table as part of a BBC Radio 4 service led by Rachel Mann in September 2020.

[20][21] An article in the book Journeys in Grace and Truth, edited by Jayne Ozanne, describes the founding and history of Open Table.

[26][27] In 2019, Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, Team Rector at St Luke in the City, advocated offering control of church organisations to marginalised groups, such as LGBT Christians; she describes Open Table as an "electrifying" example of this idea working successfully in practice.

"[31] In 2019, Open Table successfully campaigned for the Home Office to grant Yew Fook Sam, a gay Malaysian, asylum for five years.

[8] In 2021, Civil Society Consulting prepared a report for the Open Table Network,[33] arguing that "LGBT Christians have been adversely affected by national lockdowns" and called for more support.

[35] Kieran Bohan of the Open Table Network said: "It is heartwarming to see a bishop embrace a priest whose civil partnership he has just blessed.