I just chatted with a journalist friend in Detroit who's working on an article about a transgender person who's being kicked out of a Christian & Missionary Alliance church.
The church leaders say the woman (formerly a man) chose to pursue a homosexual lifestyle, which is against their teachings on the Bible and morality. The woman says no, that's wrong. She is straight, not homosexual. She had her birth certificate changed to show she's female.
I'm glad my church has not run into this scenario -- one that could not have happened a few years or decades ago. It's only through modern medicine that such a dilemma could occur.
Science and technology are moving faster and further than our culture's morals and ethics.
What would you say if you were on a church board and had to make a decision on her membership and/or attendance?
Obviously, a lot depends on which church and denomination. For some, it would be automatic expulsion. For others, it would hardly raise an eyebrow.
I'm glad this hasn't come up at my church ... yet.

Toledo, Ohio
April 22, 2008