Head of Episcopal Church: Trans people are bearers of salvation of the world
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, at the National Cathedral in Washington. Photo: YouTube/Washington National Cathedral
On February 2, 2025, the head of the Episcopal Church USA, Sean Rowe, delivered a sermon at the Washington National Cathedral as part of a service recognizing his official seating as head of the mainline Protestant denomination, as reported by Christian Post.
He welcomed the congregation and warned against misinterpreting Scripture and showing rudeness toward minorities. "In God’s Kingdom, immigrants and refugees, transgender people, the poor and the marginalized are not at the edges, fearful and alone. They are at the center of the Gospel story," said the bishop, pausing as he received applause.
Sean Rowe continued: "Those who have been considered at the margins are at the center. They are the bearers of the salvation of the world. Their struggles reveal to us the Kingdom of God. This Kingdom about which Jesus speaks is upside down. It's reversed, it's inverted, it's counter-cultural."
"We need to greet with a sign of peace those who voted for the candidate we couldn't stand and to be in the communion line alongside people who don't live like us or look like us or even love like us," he stated at the conclusion of his sermon.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Tucker Carlson claimed the Episcopal Church is "not Christian".
Read also
ROC approves procedure for receiving members of Ukrainian schismatic groups
The ROC Synod has adopted a document governing the reception of communities and clergy from the OCU, UOC-KP, and UAOC.
OCU cleric's church preference poll delivers unexpected results
When an OCU cleric from Rivne asked Ukrainians which Church they preferred, most Threads users who responded chose the UOC.
Reports to SBU of weapons in UOC churches were always false, Novynskyi says
The protodeacon said that under Maliuk, inspections began to be accompanied by public accusations against the Church without evidence.
Culture Ministry pledges to speed up seizure of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from UOC
Culture Minister Tetiana Berezhna has pledged to personally attend a court hearing in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra case.
Kamianske Eparchy honors Dnipro Icon of the Mother of God for first time
A festive service was held at a cathedral in Kamianske, where the Dnipro Icon of the Mother of God was brought out for veneration by the faithful for the first time.
Kyiv conscription officers abduct UOC priest
TRC officers reportedly abducted Maksym Kostiuchenko, a cleric of a UOC church in the Ukrainian capital.