Are Jesus' Followers Ready for the Caitlyns of the World?

And so on June 1st the world was introduced to Caitlyn. After tweeting an upcoming magazine cover featuring her picture, Caitlyn saw her account break records as she received over a million followers faster than anyone before. It seems she has a lot of support for making such a brave step while remaining in the public eye. Clearly the world was ready to receive the former men's decathlon gold medalist. But if you are a follower of Christ are you ready to minister to the transgendered?

How will you respond the day someone walks into church and declares they use to be a different gender? Will you try to ignore them? Will you try to drag them into an argument about morality? Will you reach out to that friend or family member who tells you they are struggling with their gender identity? How will you respond when that person you are trying to witness to tells you they are different from how they were born? I think our response should be to love the person and share the Gospel, no different than we would with anyone else.

As followers of Christ we live in a world that is filled with ideas with which we cannot agree. But we do not fight against flesh and blood, no matter what the person may have done in their flesh. An external change does not change the fact that your neighbor has a soul and a need for Jesus Christ. Our duty as believers remains the same. We are to lovingly help people see the person of Jesus, living the witness that will draw them to Him.