{"id":358149,"date":"2026-09-27T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358149\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:42:09","slug":"episcopal-priest-declares-god-is-trans-in-new-york-city-sermon-sparking-online-backlash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358149\/","title":{"rendered":"Episcopal Priest Declares \u2018God Is Trans\u2019 in New York City Sermon, Sparking Online Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A video of an Episcopal priest&#8217;s March 21 sermon in New York City circulated this week, drawing online debate over its theological claims and public reception. In the remarks at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the priest said &#8220;God is nonbinary&#8221; and &#8220;God is trans,&#8221; framing the message within a service honoring transgender joy and resilience. The sermon by the Rev. Flourish Klink, an assistant priest at Christ &amp; St. Stephen&#8217;s Episcopal Church, was shared on X by The Dissenter on September 23. Viewers posted objections, disputing interpretations of Jesus&#8217; identity and Mary&#8217;s description at birth. The clip reflects ongoing disagreements within Christian discourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A video of an Episcopal priest&#8217;s March 21 sermon in New York City circulated this week, drawing online&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[133421,132974,132975,9,24,55,54,56,133420],"class_list":["post-358149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-assistant-priest","tag-episcopal-priest","tag-flourish-klink","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-public-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}