First drag queen certified as a candidate for United Methodist ministry ‘speaking in a new way to new people’
Isaac Simmons is the first openly gay man to be certified within the Illinois Great Rivers Conference and, as far as anyone can tell, the first drag queen certified in the United Methodist Church.
Ms. Penny Cost delivers a message during the Hope United Methodist Church virtual service in Bloomington, Illinois, on April 11, 2021.
(RNS) — A few things were different about Sunday’s virtual service at Hope United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Illinois.
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.