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The introduction outlines theology shaped by listening to lived gender journeys, engaging Scripture and tradition, and addressing doctrinal questions about gender identity and Christian discipleship. It summarizes the development of pastoral liturgies for journeys of gender affirmation and includes theological and pastoral articles plus an annotated bibliography to guide further learning.","Pastoral Educational Resources for Supporting Transgender Christians in the Anglican Church of Canada  \nA Resource for Study, Reflection, and Discussion  \nPastoral Educational Resources for Supporting Transgender Christians in the Anglican Church of Canada  \nIntroduction  \n1. Scripture and Tradition: Theology  \nGender, Grammar, and God page 6  \n2.  Pastoral Reflections  \nThe Spiritual Care Needs of Transgender Persons page 23  \n3. Annotated Bibliography page 42  \nIntroduction  \nOur society’s consciousness of the full science behind gender identity is something that is still growing; our Christian appropriation of new learnings from science is slower, but the witness of transgender and gender non-binary persons to the Gospel compels us to learn. For we who have our identity in Christ, as Christ’s own, the determinants of gender are part of who we are in offering our whole selves to God, and there is ample doctrinal ground and biblical witness to open questions about maleness, femaleness, creatureliness and identity boldly by listening to. It is important to listen to and to walk with those who have gone through their own processes and journeys with respect to their particular gender identities.  \nSome Churches of The Anglican Communion have shaped responses to this sort of listening. In a pattern that parallels much in the way of the development of pastoral liturgy, responses begin from within the realities of people in the body of Christ living in their particular bodies in particular places and times. It is within the immediacy of pastoral relationships in communities of disciples that transgender persons are to be found or are not seen, are welcomed or rejected, and are honoured as members of the body of Christ, or have their gifts rebuffed before they are even known.  \nIn the fall of 2020, the Faith, Worship, and Ministry committee began to meet on a regular basis with a group of fifteen Anglicans, most of whom are transgender or gender non binary, with a few identified allies. Several are priests and theological students in formation for ordained ministry, others come from deep and extensive roles in leadership within the church. From those meetings has grown Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys of Gender Affirmation. In tandem with this work, the group shared resources for pastoral education within the church and other educational tools such as bibliographies.  \nThe group became more aware of the existence of pastoral liturgies developed with diocesan approval in parishes in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Anglican Church of Australia, and the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia. They also learned of official national initiatives in both the Church of England and in the Episcopal Church (USA). In 2017, the Church of England’s General Synod approved Pastoral Guidance for use in conjunction with the Affirmation of Baptismal  \nFaith in the context of gender transition1. The following year the National Convention of the Episcopal Church approved a new book of Occasional Services containing A Service of Renaming2. 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