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OKC UCC unanimously confirms transgender ministerial candidate

Started by Shana A, May 16, 2010, 12:14:22 PM

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May 16, 2010, 12:14:22 PM
OKC UCC unanimously confirms transgender ministerial candidate
May 15, 2010 by Blaiz

by Nathaniel Batchelder

http://oklahomacitizen.org/2010/05/15/okc-ucc-unanimously-confirms-transgender-ministerial-candidate

Church of the Open Arms, UCC, Oklahoma City

OKLAHOMA CITY - Delegates from 14 United Church of Christ congregations of the Oklahoma UCC Association voted unanimously today in support of the candidacy of Ben Files for ordination as a UCC minister. Mr. Files -- of Ada, OK  and a graduate of OBU in Shawnee -- received his Masters of Divinity degree from PSR, Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, and has served a one-year internship as a hospital chaplain. Files plans to pursue a career in hospital chaplaincy as a UCC minister.

Delegates were impressed by a 20-page statement Files had submitted, describing his own faith journey from his Southern Baptist roots to an expansive progressive theology consistent with UCC understandings; by the testimony of pastors and faculty supporting his candidacy; and by his personal presentation at the gathering including his answers to numerous questions from the delegates.
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