Methodists tackle transition issue in clergy sex changes
By Julia Duin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 30, 2007

The reappointment of a Baltimore pastor who underwent a sex-change operation is forcing local Methodists to grapple with a new issue: What to do when clergy begin their careers as one sex, then switch to the other?

The issue came to a head last week when the Rev. Drew Phoenix, 48, pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church in north Baltimore, asked to have his appointment extended through a second four-year term. Clergy appointments are routinely reviewed at annual conferences such as last week's gathering of the Baltimore-Washington Conference (BWC) at the Wardman Park Hotel in the District. the rest

Albert Mohler: A Transgender Pastor in the Pulpit?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

What do you do when your pastor shows up in a new gender? That question is now faced by a United Methodist church in Maryland, and the issue of transgender persons is soon to confront all churches and denominations.

As The Baltimore Sun reports, the Rev. Ann Gordon is now presented as Rev. Drew Phoenix. the rest