If inclusiveness here means welcoming all types of people at church, or recognizing the value of all types of people, then yes. One of the most basic tenets of Christianity is that all people are truly created equal, that every single person, of every stripe, every race, sex, color, social or economic position, is created in the image of God and therefore valuable, and that every single person is responsible to God, born fallen and in bondage to sin, and liable to the judgment due for that sin. If it means that all people are included in the invitation to repent of their sin and come to Christ in faith, and promised that if they do they will receive forgiveness, then again, yes. Christianity, in those ways, is a truly inclusive religion, but truly exclusive in the fact that there is no other way to eternal life than through Jesus Christ.
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