United Methodist Pastor Reinstated as Pastor Drew Instead of Pastor Ann
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- Posted on: Tue, May 29, 2007
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Neal Gallico lives next door to the Charles Village church and says, “It makes more sense to me if you arrive at that juncture in your life and you make that decision that you’ve been in the wrong body for this number of years than it’s a good step and it’s a mature step.” Max Berest agrees adding, “It’s all about if he inspires people and if his congregation is comfortable with it, it doesn’t really matter.”
However, some conservatives in the group United Methodist Action were appalled releasing a statement saying, “Someone struggling with sexual identity issues needs the ministry and guidance of the Church. But the Church would be wrong to bless a so-called sexual identity change, with or without surgery.”
It is unclear if the Rev. Pheonix has had an operation but admits to seeking medical attention. The Reverand was greeted with open arms as he asked for an official name change before the Church’s Regional Conference in Washington, DC.
The Methodist Church bans openly gay clergy, but has no rules about transgender pastors.
SOURCE: ABC2News.com
More here at the Church Report...
FOR DISCUSSION: This is at least the second transgender pastor I’ve read about in the past six months. How should the UMC respond? How should UMCs who oppose this direction respond? What will or should be the last straw?
Rev. Drew Pheonix says he has had a "spiritual transformation" that apparently is a sexual transformation. In the past year, Rev. Ann Gordon has changed identities to become Rev. Drew Pheonix. The congregation of St. Johns United Methodist Church on St. Paul Street supports the pastor. In fact, in the five years the Reverend has ministered at the church membership has more than tripled.
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farmville cheats on Sat, November 28, 2009
Pastor Drew ? No, i have never heard this..
jack on Tue, February 09, 2010
Is anyone but me fabricated afraid by this affectionate of backward conversion? I ambition the admirer able-bodied and I acceptable him into the church, 642-515, but what about his above congregation?
I accept the abounding claimed and able problems of a Protestant abbot who begins to agnosticism Protestantism, 1Y0-456, but a being who preaches anniversary afterwards anniversary to a aggregation who follows him and again says, “Now that I’m retired I’ll do what I anticipate is right” seems to me to accept in some means betrayed abounding people, NS0-153, and if I were one of his aggregation I would be actual upset.
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