EPISCOPAL PRIEST REV. FLOURISH KLINK’S CLAIM THAT “JESUS TRANSITIONED” SPARKS FRESH ONLINE DEBATE

A sermon delivered by Episcopal priest Rev. Flourish Klink at New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine has resurfaced online, drawing widespread attention and debate over Klink’s theological claims about God, gender and Jesus Christ.
Klink delivered the sermon on March 21, 2026, during the Cathedral’s “Celebration of Trans Joy and Resilience,” a service organized around the period of Transgender Day of Visibility. The Cathedral’s official calendar confirms Klink as the preacher for the service.
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During the sermon, Klink made the statement: “God is trans.” Klink then connected the concept of being transgender with the Christian belief that God became human through Jesus Christ.
According to the full sermon published by Klink, they argued that God is beyond human categories of male and female and said that Jesus was assigned male at birth. Klink subsequently offered a theological interpretation of Jesus’ resurrection and appearance to his disciples.
“I think Jesus was resurrected as Jesus’s true self, which is beyond male or female. I think that Jesus was not only transfigured. I think that Jesus transitioned.”
Klink also acknowledged that the Bible does not explicitly explain why some of Jesus’ followers initially did not recognize him after the resurrection, describing the interpretation as an idea rather than something Klink could establish with certainty.
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The sermon has now attracted renewed attention after a clip was posted on X on September 23, 2026, several months after the original service. The resurfaced clip has generated millions of views and prompted sharply divided reactions online.
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Some Christian commentators have criticized Klink’s interpretation as inconsistent with traditional Christian teaching, while others have discussed the sermon within the broader context of contemporary transgender theology.
Importantly, Klink’s comments should be understood as a theological interpretation expressed during the sermon, rather than an established historical fact about Jesus. The full sermon itself makes clear that Klink was offering an interpretation of the resurrection rather than claiming that the Bible explicitly says Jesus transitioned.
Flourish Klink
The renewed circulation of the sermon has therefore opened another major online conversation about Christian theology, gender identity, biblical interpretation and the boundaries of theological interpretation in modern Christianity.
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