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The Reverend Dr. Megan Rohrer, a San Francisco Lutheran pastor, is set to become the first openly transgender person ever to become a bishop in a major United States Christian denomination. Rohrer, who has served as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in the Outer Sunset since 2014 and as community chaplain coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department since 2018, was elected to a six-year term leading the Sierra Pacific Synod May 8 by a vote of 209-207, edging out the Reverend Jeff R. Johnson, who's pastor of University Lutheran Chapel of Berkeley. Rohrer, 41, told the Bay Area Reporter th...

The Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected them as the fifth bishop of its nearly 200 congregations in California and Nevada, a historic first for any major denomination in the United States.

Evangelical Lutheran Church elects first transgender bishop By Caitlin O'Kane Exploring gender identification The Reverend Megan Rohrer has been elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday – making them the first transgender person to serve as bishop in any major Christian faith in the U.S. The San Francisco-based bishop has served as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church since 2014, the ELCA said in a press release. Rohrer is also community chaplain coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department. They also served as a c...

First ELCA transgender bishop, Megan Rohrer, hopes to ‘translate good news’ for the curious That’s been the focus of Rohrer’s ministry, first as the executive director of a nonprofit serving the homeless and hungry in San Francisco and now as bishop-elect of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA. An undated selfie of the Rev. Megan Rohrer, who was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific Synod on Saturday, May 8, 2021, becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in any of the major Christian denominations in the United States. Ph...

Sacramento Evangelical Lutheran Church in America assembly to welcome first transgender bishop in the U.S. Alanea Cremen Replay Video UP NEXT The Rev. Megan Rohrer will be the new bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) Sierra Pacific synod, becoming the first transgender person to serve as bishop in the denomination, or in any of the U.S.’ major Christian faiths. "As a trans person, it is something that I know is bigger than just one person. It's something that's historic and I feel blessed to get to be a part of it," Rohrer said. In September, Rohr...