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Title: Methodist transman pastor to keep his job
Post by: LostInTime on May 25, 2007, 12:44:20 PM
Post by: LostInTime on May 25, 2007, 12:44:20 PM
Planet Out dot Com (http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2007/05/25/1)
A transgender United Methodist minister will be reappointed to lead his congregation in Baltimore, church officials announced Thursday at a regional convocation.
The Rev. Drew Phoenix told 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.
A transgender United Methodist minister will be reappointed to lead his congregation in Baltimore, church officials announced Thursday at a regional convocation.
The Rev. Drew Phoenix told 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.