SIGN OF THE TIMES:Anarchists rent 'former sanctuary' from sex-change pastor

An organization that honors anarchist Red Emma is renting the "former sanctuary" from a church whose pastor underwent a sex change procedure, in an effort to alleviate some of the church's money problems.The facility that for years has been known as St. John's United Methodist Church in Baltimore now also is advertising itself, and being advertised, as the 2640 "Building," and has been used by a show of "Islamic punk" groups.Word of the unusual arrangement involving a mainline denomination church came from Mark Tooley, executive director of UMAction at the Institute on Religion and Democracy, and focused on the unusual activities at St. John's."Supporters of St. John's transsexual pastor, including the local bishop, have praised the radical church's supposedly thriving congregational life. But in fact, the small congregation's preference for identity politics and radical causes has been a poor substitute for the Gospel of Jesus Christ," said Tooley."That a United Methodist congregation would have to rely on Red Emma's anarchist collective to survive speaks to the complete failure of liberal theology to attract a vibrant membership."Why are churches that boast most loudly about their 'inclusivity' almost always dying?" he asked.

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