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Transgender person commissioned as deacon
United Methodist News Service ^ | 6/5/2017 | Heather Hahn

Posted on 06/08/2017 5:38:10 PM PDT by bkopto

The Northern Illinois Conference on the evening of June 4 commissioned an openly transgender individual as a provisional deacon.

The United Methodist Church has ordained transgender clergy before. However, the Rev. M Barclay is the first openly “non-binary trans person” to become a United Methodist deacon, according to Reconciling Ministries Network. Non-binary means Barclay identifies as neither male nor female but as gender neutral.

Barclay — who uses singular they pronouns — serves as director of communications at Reconciling Ministries Network. The unofficial United Methodist group, based in Chicago, advocates for full inclusion of LGBTQ people in all aspects of church life.

“For so long, I’ve longed to be a pastoral presence in the world — and certainly you can do that without a collar — but we have ordination for a reason, and part of that is that I can publicly identify as a pastor now,” Barclay said.

“I know it’s not particularly common in The United Methodist Church, but I intend to wear a collar every single day because for a person like me to navigate society in a collar provides some profound and urgently needed pastoral opportunities, particularly for queer and trans people.”

(Excerpt) Read more at umc.org ...


TOPICS: Mainline Protestant; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: barf
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1 posted on 06/08/2017 5:38:10 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: bkopto

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

God is certainly on his way.

I imagine he’s pretty pissed.


2 posted on 06/08/2017 5:40:15 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: bkopto

Martin Luther’s fault


3 posted on 06/08/2017 5:44:45 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: bkopto

Good old Methodists. Used to be you had to bring a covered dish to get into Heaven. Now just bring your transgender card.


4 posted on 06/08/2017 5:47:19 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
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To: bkopto

Slippery Slope Alert!


5 posted on 06/08/2017 5:53:30 PM PDT by CptnObvious
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To: bkopto

And THIS is why I no longer go to the Methodist Chruch.


6 posted on 06/08/2017 6:01:40 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: bkopto

The photo speaks volumes.


7 posted on 06/08/2017 6:04:38 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: bkopto

Ichabod.


8 posted on 06/08/2017 6:04:53 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: CptnObvious
It is not a slippery slope.

It is a staircase with each step deliberately taken.

9 posted on 06/08/2017 6:06:40 PM PDT by Salman (I don't do Facebook, and neither should you.)
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To: bkopto

Love the necklace and t-shirt.


10 posted on 06/08/2017 6:27:41 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: bkopto

United Methodist Church


11 posted on 06/08/2017 6:33:55 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: originalbuckeye

This and all the other reasons is why I left. Not grandma’s church anymore.


12 posted on 06/08/2017 6:50:04 PM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: bkopto
what'd they do... put an ad in the paper???
13 posted on 06/08/2017 6:52:53 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: bkopto

For what it’s worth, United Methodist leadership has long seemed like neuters.


14 posted on 06/08/2017 6:58:10 PM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: bkopto

“They,” is maybe mentally ill.

Certainly un-grammatical.


15 posted on 06/08/2017 6:58:22 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (They said what's down is up, they said what isn't is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his)
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To: bkopto

This person is genderless, sexless, does not identify as either male or female??? What the heck???

Was this individual born female but wants to have a mannish appearance?? Or was this person born male but wants to have some feminine touches ??? This person has me completely confused........


16 posted on 06/08/2017 7:23:52 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
This person has me completely confused........

Not as confused that it is.

17 posted on 06/08/2017 7:33:41 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Rome2000

Rent free.

24/7


18 posted on 06/08/2017 7:35:29 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: bkopto

The protestants continue to make their own rules....PATHETIC


19 posted on 06/08/2017 7:53:38 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVERALL)
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To: bkopto

Doesn’t anybody read the plain language in I Timothy 3 any more? And, as another FReeper noted, it’s certainly not the country church I went to when visiting aunts and uncles in the small town where my dad grew up. One of my aunts was my Sunday School teacher when I went to visit as a young tyke. My uncle served on the church board and was the local butcher. He could always be counted on to donate the sausage for the February “Ground Hog Day” pancake supper fundraiser. When he passed away 40 years later, I was actually not too surprised to find that he had made no bequest to the church in his will. Their deep-dive into “social gospel” with women as preachers had worn him down.


20 posted on 06/08/2017 8:10:39 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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