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Drew Stever, a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, is one of the few out transgender clergy members to be ordained by a Christian institution.
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer will be bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod, covering parts of California and Nevada.
With hugs and cheers Sunday, members of Atlanta's oldest Lutheran church celebrated the pastor at the center of a battle over the treatment of gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are debating what direction their denomination should take in the struggle over ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.
Officials with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said Thursday they are removing a gay minister who announced he has a partner while calling for an end to the ban on sexually active gay clergy.
A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America requires vows of celibacy for gay but not for heterosexual clergy -- a policy the Reverend Jen Rude, 27, calls discriminatory. Chicago's bishop, Wayne Miller, did not try to block Rude's ordination at Resurrection Lutheran Church on Saturday, but he also didn't attend the ceremony. While he has said he believes the celibacy rule should reversed, he also has urged bishops to follow rules set by the church.
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer says their fellow Lutherans "prayerfully and thoughtfully voted to do a historic thing."Â
Leo Bancroft feared coming out as trans even though his church is accepting -- but he found a warm welcome.
