A transgender United Methodist minister will be reappointed to lead his Baltimore congregation, church officials announced Thursday at a regional convocation.
The Rev. Drew Phoenix was greeted with applause after telling 1,600 members of the church's Baltimore-Washington conference that he had gone through "spiritual transformation" in the past year, since changing his name from Ann Gordon and receiving medical treatment to become a man.
"It is my intention and hope that by sharing my story that we commit ourselves as Christians and as United Methodists to become educated about the complexity of gender," Phoenix said. "Each of us is a beloved child of God - no exceptions."
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Good for him! I get so frustrated when I hear that someone who has had the courage to actually change their gender is being discriminated against. It's so wrong. Jesus loved everyone and is so grieved when people who supposedly speak for Him do such hateful things in His name.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Rev. Phoenix's church didn't do what so many others have in the past to other transgendered folks.
Sharone