Bishop Shannon called for a gathering of representatives from our Church Schools to discuss the reality of transgendered students in our schools. At that time we were not aware of any transgender students in our schools and believed our conversations would put us a step ahead of a quickly coming change. By the time Bishop Susan [Goff] convened a gathering of 42 representatives of our six schools and our summer camps on April 27, 2016, some of our schools were already in conversation with students who are transitioning and with their parents…
I sometimes think of persecuted Christians in, say, Iraq or Pakistan. I read this kind of thing through their eyes and hear them say,
‘So much time and concern over a small number of transgendered people. But there are hundreds of thousands of us Christians living under threat of expulsion or even death unless we renounce Christ. Could those Western Christians not spare a thought for us?’
The acres and acres of coverage given to transgendered people contrasts with the sparse occasional coverage given to persecuted Christians. Sic transit gloria fidei.
adherence to scripture simplifies things considerably.