{"id":75102,"date":"2022-03-16T16:17:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=75102"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:19:06","slug":"evangelical-lutherans-elect-first-transgender-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/evangelical-lutherans-elect-first-transgender-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelical Lutherans elect first transgender bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Evangelical Lutherans have made, in May 2021, \u201c<em>Reverend<\/em>\u201d Megan Rohrer the first transgender Bishop in America. Rohrer is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco but now as a bishop she will oversee over 180 congregations in the Northern California region. Megan Rohrer was born a biological female but now she identifies as a transgender who goes by the pronouns they\/them. Confusing right?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-75103\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/viewimage_story.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/viewimage_story.jpg 665w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/viewimage_story-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/viewimage_story-210x136.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>In <em>Timothy<\/em> 4:1 it says \u201c<em>the Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons<\/em>\u201d. This verse is so relevant for the time we are living in, the church is trading the Word of God for the words of political correctness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First openly transgender bishop elected by Evangelical Lutherans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5lYH5Mljev\">https:\/\/t.co\/5lYH5Mljev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pzIt1zx8Pv\">pic.twitter.com\/pzIt1zx8Pv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1391863151231176720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <em>Daily Mail<\/em> covered the apostasy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rev Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America\u2019s Sierra Pacific synod, becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in the denomination or in any of the major Christian faiths in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Rohrer, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco and community chaplain coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department, was the first transgender person to be ordained in the ELCA in 2006 and the first to serve as a pastor when called to Grace Lutheran in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Well known for advocating for LGBTQ rights in street activism, preaching and writing, Rohrer, 41, who uses the pronouns they and them, is also recognized for their work with the homeless. \u2018<em>It\u2019s an honor to be called to serve the Sierra Pacific Synod<\/em>,\u2019 Rohrer, who was installed as bishop on July 1, 2021, said to Religion News Service in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Check out how the \u201c<em>woke<\/em>\u201d <em>New York Times<\/em> identified the \u201c<em>pastor<\/em>\u201d as \u201c<em>they<\/em>\u201d: \u201c<em>The Rev. Megan Rohrer, a pastor in California, will become the first openly trans bishop in a major American Christian denomination after they were elected on Saturday to lead a synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Rev. Megan Rohrer, a pastor in California, will become the first openly trans bishop in a major American Christian denomination after they were elected on Saturday to lead a synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KmUtJjTENA\">https:\/\/t.co\/KmUtJjTENA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1391848029435617282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <em>Daily Caller<\/em> covered the story too<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Lutheran pastor from California was elected a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ECLA), becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in a major Christian denomination in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Megan Rohrer, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco and community chaplain coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department, became the first transgender person to be ordained in the Lutheran church in 2006, according to an ECLA statement.<\/p>\n<p>Rohrer was elected to a six-year term as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod, which includes 180 congregations in northern California and northern Nevada, and has more than 36,000 individual members and roughly 13,000 weekly worshippers, <em>Religion News Service<\/em> (RNS) reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s an honor to be called to serve the Sierra Pacific Synod<\/em>,\u201d Rohrer told RNS in a statement. \u201c<em>During this time when some imagine trans people at their worst, Lutherans have once again declared that transgender people are beautiful children of God. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me and my family as I accept this call<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judgement will begin in the House of God, hopefully these \u201c<em>woke<\/em>\u201d pastors repent before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>yogaesoteric<br \/>\nMarch 16, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Evangelical Lutherans have made, in May 2021, \u201cReverend\u201d Megan Rohrer the first transgender Bishop in America. Rohrer is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in San Francisco but now as a bishop she will oversee over 180 congregations in the Northern California region. 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