Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Transgender people encouraged to become priests in Church of England diversity drive
Telegraph ^ | May 26, 2018 | Olivia Rudgard

Posted on 05/26/2018 6:31:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Transgender people are being encouraged to become Church of England vicars as bishops launch a diversity drive.

Bishops in the diocese of Lichfield have issued new guidance to parishioners and clergy reminding them that LGBT people "can be called to roles of leadership and service in the local church".

The guidance, titled "welcoming and honouring LGBT+ people", warns that the church's reputation as being unwelcoming towards gay and transgender people is stopping young people attending.

"We very much hope that they, like everyone else, feel encouraged to serve on PCCs, or as churchwardens and worship leaders, for instance, and are supported in exploring vocations to licensed lay and ordained ministries," the guidance says.

"Nobody should be told that their sexual or gender identity in itself makes them an unsuitable candidate for leadership in the Church."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: churchofengland; diversitydrive; england; homosexualagenda; lgbt; lgbtq; transgender; uk
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last
A diversity drive?
1 posted on 05/26/2018 6:31:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

LIB lunacy gone wild. What could possibly go wrong when you invite the mentally ill into your priesthood? Idiots.


2 posted on 05/26/2018 6:38:54 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hal ogen

Absolutely - I don’t want moral or religious “guidance” from someone who thinks God made them wrong and requires technology to be the “right” sex.


3 posted on 05/26/2018 6:41:16 PM PDT by Skywise
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

On ramp to the broad way that leads to destruction.


4 posted on 05/26/2018 6:42:26 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Looks like the Church of England adheres to The Nine Suggestions.


5 posted on 05/26/2018 6:43:35 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Die-versity.


6 posted on 05/26/2018 6:47:59 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Trans individuals may need to design their very own religion, vs trying to make orthodox faiths accept them as is.


7 posted on 05/26/2018 6:50:51 PM PDT by lee martell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

A church born in sin, returning to it as a dog to its vomit.


8 posted on 05/26/2018 7:11:41 PM PDT by karnage
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

I would not belong to a church that desires to have as priests people who are so mentally deranged they reject their own biology, in effect rejecting God.


9 posted on 05/26/2018 7:16:57 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Why not open the door to all mentally confused persons as advisers?

Schizophrenics, anorexics, bulimics, active drug addicts, and more should be counseling the congregations, no???


10 posted on 05/26/2018 7:18:29 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hal ogen

Liberalism is a mental disorder. No joke.

The Leftist activist leaders from the 60s were sick in the head. Some eventually committed suicide, but not before taking a generation down with them.


11 posted on 05/26/2018 7:19:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

The Road to Hell is paved with Anglicans I see!


12 posted on 05/26/2018 7:22:45 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

The Road to Hell is paved with Anglicans I see!


13 posted on 05/26/2018 7:23:02 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

An immorality drive.


14 posted on 05/26/2018 7:24:14 PM PDT by setha (England has chosen the path of a quotarchy - rule by quotas.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Where was the projectile vomit alert?

More trash from another Post-Christian Church.


15 posted on 05/26/2018 7:25:57 PM PDT by ZULU
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: a fool in paradise

You would get something close to Discordianism.


16 posted on 05/26/2018 7:28:50 PM PDT by setha (England has chosen the path of a quotarchy - rule by quotas.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Skywise

Also, how does trannyism square with most libs who tend to be devoutly eco conscious? They live a back to nature lifestyle, to the greatest extent possible. Only all natural foods, nothing prepared or out of a box. They believe in with folk remedies and a holistic approach to health care, some oppose vaccinations because they cause some imbalance in nature. What can be more UNNATURAL than altering the sexual apparatus one was born with, surgically and chemically. What’s more UNNATURAL than pumping someone up with more testosterone and/or estrogen than one’s body was naturally designed to handle. It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature, they say. Unless there’s some drug free, surgery free, holistic all natural way to perform chopadikoffames or addadictomes?


17 posted on 05/26/2018 7:33:10 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Impala64ssa

If altered sex parts are a resume enhancer for this church, then I suppose those with a really cool selection of tattoos and piercings (customizations) are also being sought out for church leadership, no?


18 posted on 05/26/2018 7:37:58 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

I have officially seen it ALL.


19 posted on 05/26/2018 7:40:32 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Fewer than a million people attend Church of England services any given Sunday. A quarter of congregations have no children. I don’t know that at this point it makes any difference what they do.


20 posted on 05/26/2018 7:41:37 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson