Transgender Minister Reappointed in Md.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 25, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A United Methodist minister who has changed gender since being chosen to lead a congregation in Baltimore will be reappointed there, 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.

The denomination bans sexually active gay clergy but does not have any rules about transgender pastors. the rest