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Faith & Fellowship
Affirming faith communities, spiritual safety, recovery, ritual, and belonging across Arkansas.
Spiritual safety, belonging, ritual & recovery.
Queer people deserve spiritual safety, belonging, ritual, recovery, and community without fear. This section highlights affirming faith communities and fellowship spaces across Arkansas and neighboring regions.
Leadership and inclusion policies can change over time. Please contact us if a listing no longer reflects a safe or affirming environment. Listings are initially sourced from GayChurch.org and manually reviewed before display.
Source-backed faith directories
These are trusted starting points for finding LGBTQIA+ affirming faith communities, plus a few policy-checking tools for verification. Because leadership and policies can shift, visitors should still confirm details with the local congregation.
Sources reviewed May 12, 2026
GayChurch.org affirming church finder
Search for Christian congregations that have confirmed an affirming welcome in some form. Use it as a starting point and still ask local questions before attending.
Includes map search and state listings.
Reconciling Ministries Network
Find United Methodist churches, classes, campus ministries, and communities connected to LGBTQ+ inclusion and justice.
Search by address or ministry name.
Open and Affirming Coalition
Look up UCC congregations and ministries with an Open and Affirming covenant of welcome for LGBTQ+ people.
Good for UCC-specific searches.
ReconcilingWorks RIC finder
Search Reconciling in Christ communities committed to welcome, inclusion, celebration, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ people.
Filter by address, ZIP, or state.
Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance
Find Open + Affirming Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregations and ministries.
Map-based ministry finder.
AWAB Find-a-Church
A directory of Baptist-aligned member churches and ministries that are welcoming and affirming of LGBTQ+ people.
Includes listed Arkansas member churches.
Church Clarity
Use this only as a policy-checking tool. A listing here is not automatically an endorsement or a sign that a church is LGBTQIA+ affirming.
Helpful for spotting unclear public policies before adding or visiting a church.
UUA Welcoming Congregation program
Use this to understand what an explicitly welcoming UU congregation has committed to, then confirm the local congregation's current status.
Use alongside a local congregation's own site before adding it to AR Queer Life.
Live recovery schedules
Meeting times change often, so this page points people to the official statewide, fellowship, or local schedule maintainers instead of copying stale meeting times.
Sources reviewed May 12, 2026
Arkansas Area 4 AA meeting resources
Statewide AA page with Arkansas Central Office, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Northwest Arkansas, and other district/intergroup links.
Best starting point for Arkansas AA offices and hotlines.
Arkansas Central Office AA meetings
Live AA meeting finder with city, day, time, type, online, accessibility, and LGBTQ meeting filters.
Use this for Little Rock, North Little Rock, Hot Springs, Pine Bluff, and many additional Arkansas cities.
Northwest Arkansas AA meetings
District One Area 4 AA meeting search covering Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, Eureka Springs, and nearby towns.
Includes city links and a search-all-meetings option, including online-only meetings.
AA Meeting Guide app
Official AA app that syncs with area, district, intergroup, and central office websites for meeting times and details.
Meeting data is refreshed by participating AA service entities.
Arkansas Region NA meetings
Arkansas NA meeting finder with map search, printable meeting lists, virtual meetings, and local area links.
Includes Central Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, River Valley, and more.
Arkansas Al-Anon and Alateen
Official Arkansas Al-Anon page linking to Al-Anon, Alateen, and electronic meeting searches for family and friends of alcoholics.
Use the linked finder for current meeting times.
CoDA meeting locator
Official CoDA locator for face-to-face, online, phone, and step-study meetings. Search Arkansas or nearby states as needed.
Use the state or distance search for current listings.
Nar-Anon Family Groups
Meeting finder for relatives and friends of people affected by addiction, with local and virtual meeting options.
Search by city, state, ZIP, or virtual meeting type.
Arkansas Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous
Arkansas OA meeting list and newcomer information for people seeking recovery from compulsive eating behaviors.
Meeting list is posted as a source-maintained download.
ACA meeting search
Official ACA World Service search for Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families meetings.
Search Arkansas, online, or telephone meetings.
Gamblers Anonymous Arkansas
Official GA Arkansas meeting directory with open and closed meeting notes for Little Rock, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith.
Shows current day/time/location details from GA.
S.L.A.A. Arkansas
Arkansas S.L.A.A. fellowship with schedule links for Bryant, Conway, Little Rock, North Little Rock, NWA, and Women & LGBTQ+ meetings.
Includes a schedule-at-a-glance and local meeting pages.
Wolfe Street Foundation meetings
Daily Little Rock recovery meeting hub hosting AA, NA, Al-Anon, faith-based, and other community-led groups.
Useful local doorway when someone is not sure where to start.
Families Anonymous
12-step fellowship for family and friends of people with drug, alcohol, or related behavioral issues.
Includes locator and virtual meeting directories.
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