Transgender people and the church – Preston Sprinkle and Christina Beardsley

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🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Rev Christina Beardsley is a transgender priest in the Church of England and author of numerous resources on trans experience in the church. She engages with Preston Sprinkle, author of ‘Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say’ who takes a grace-filled but traditional Christian approach to sexuality. They discuss how churches should engage with trans people, theological questions of ‘bodily’ and ‘gender’ identity, and the issue of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria. Christina Beardsley: www.sibyls.gndr.org.uk Preston Sprinkle: www.prestonsprinkle.com USA listeners check out our new USA website for exclusive resources and to support us: http://www.unbelievable.show Everywhere else, subscribe to our newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter and support the show https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

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0:00.0	Well, good evening and welcome along to today's edition of Unbelievably with me, Justin
0:04.1	Briley. It's the show that brings you conversations that matter every week and a really important,
0:09.4	contentious and sensitive issue on the show today, transgender people and the church.
0:14.6	And I'll be introducing my guests in just a moment's time. But if you'd like more from the show,
0:19.1	the podcast, the social media, the book, the newsletter and ways to give, go to premierChristianradio.com
0:25.3	forward slash unbelievable. And if you're listening from the USA via podcast,
0:29.6	unbelievable.show is a great place to connect with our US resources and support as well.
0:35.9	Well, as I said today on the show, we are engaging in an important but often contentious
0:39.6	and sensitive issue, transgender people and the church. But at premier, we do believe it needs
0:44.4	to be discussed openly and from different perspectives to allow Christians to make up their mind
0:49.5	in an informed way. But please do be aware, as you listen, especially via radio today,
0:54.4	that the subject matter may not be suitable for everyone in your household. So listen to discretion
0:59.6	is advised. And in part one of our conversation, I'll be exploring the personal experiences
1:05.6	of my two speakers today and how it's shaped and informed the views they share. The views expressed
1:11.2	are their own and later in the program we'll be entering a more theological discussion.
1:16.0	I hope you enjoy today's show. You're listening to unbelievable with Justin Breuerley.
1:31.6	Today on the show, we're talking about transgender people and the church. It's a conversation
1:36.3	today between Reverend Dr. Christina Beardsley and Preston Sprinkle. The transgender conversation
1:43.4	has been fraught in recent years in the cultural wars and celebrities often getting involved
1:48.4	on different fronts, from J.K. Rowling to Elliott Page most recently. But how should the church
1:53.6	respond passorally and biblically to those who are transgender within their church community?
1:59.2	Can we do better than the culture wars? And what's at stake ultimately when people decide to
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