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The Lutheran church elected its first transgender bishop, who will lead 200 congregations By: CNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) The Rev. Megan Rohrer made history when they became the first transgender pastor in the Lutheran church. This month, they again broke new ground this time, as the church s first transgender bishop. Rohrer was elected the Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America earlier this month. Throughout their six-year term, Rohrer will lead the synod, or a geographical grouping of congregations, which includes northern California and parts of Nevada. Rohrer, who uses the pronouns they and them, describes their new role as being the pastor of the pastors and cheerleader of almost 200 congregations. ....
The Lutheran church elected its first transgender bishop, who will lead 200 congregations The Rev. Megan Rohrer made history when they became the first transgender pastor in the Lutheran church. This month, they again broke new ground this time, as the church’s first transgender bishop. Rohrer was elected the Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America earlier this month. Throughout their six-year term, Rohrer will lead the synod, or a geographical grouping of congregations, which includes northern California and parts of Nevada. Rohrer, who uses the pronouns they and them, describes their new role as being the “pastor of the pastors and cheerleader of almost 200 congregations.” ....
The Rev. Megan Rohrer, the first openly transgender bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, speaks during an interview with Cosmopolitan in 2018. | Screengrab: YouTube/Cosmopolitan A regional body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has elected the first openly transgender bishop in the liberal mainline Protestant denominationâs history. The Rev. Megan Rohrer, who uses the pronouns of âtheyâ and âthemâ rather than gender-specific terms, was elected Saturday to head the California-based ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod. Rohrer won on the fifth ballot during the online synod assembly, receiving 209 votes and narrowly defeating the Rev. Jeff R. Johnson of Berkeley, California, who received 207 votes. ....