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First drag queen certified as a candidate for United Methodist ministry 'speaking in a new way to new people'


For one, there were a few more wigs on screen.
There also was “a little bit more makeup,” said Ms. Penny Cost, that Sunday’s preacher.
Hope Church celebrated Drag Sunday on Sunday (April 11) with a message by Ms. Penny Cost and music, readings and prayer by other drag artists from central Illinois and beyond.
“It is our way of celebrating and uplifting the voices of drag artistry within the church,” Ms. Penny Cost said during the service.
The service also came in response to pushback and questions the church has received over the past few weeks.
The Illinois Great Rivers Conference’s Vermillion River District Committee on Ordained Ministry recently unanimously certified Hope Church’s director of operations, Isaac Simmons who goes by Ms. Penny Cost in drag as a candidate for ministry in the United Methodist Church. ....

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Maine congregations break away from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies


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Ophelia Hu Kinney is a member of HopeGateWay, one of four area congregations that have voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church over its policies about sexuality and discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
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When Ophelia Hu Kinney and her wife moved to Portland in 2016, they found themselves at home at HopeGateWay, a community of faith that grew from the roots of the former Chestnut Street United Methodist Church.
Hu Kinney felt HopeGateWay, which was affiliated with the United Methodist Church, had put to rest questions about queer and trans inclusion and was focusing on the larger community, social justice and spiritual formation. ....

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