New Lesbian Bishop Makes History In Michigan
The state of Michigan is welcoming the state’s first woman and lesbian bishop to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Reverend Dr. Bonnie Perry.
“All are welcome. Everybody is made in God's image and likeness, everybody's a child of God, everybody gets to come and be,” said Perry.
“I knew that as a woman and then when I came out as a lesbian, that I would not be able to fulfill my call from God," Perry, who was raised in the Roman Catholic Church where it is completely forbidden to be gay, said.
As ‘Fox 2 Detroit’ reports, after spending decades building up the All Saints Episcopal Church “into the fourth largest diocese in the city” she’s now moving to Detroit. “The whole point of a faith community is to build people up - to nurture people and to enable people to live out their calls from God, so I am delighted that the Episcopal Church does that,” said Perry. “Mind the gap, people of faith - we need to live our lives in such a way that we begin to cross those chasms, bridge those chasms and eradicate those gaps.”
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