Why our church hired an outreach worker to the transgender community
By 
Revd Helen Garton2022-04-13T08:38:00
A United Reformed Church in Oxford has become the first congregation in the UK to appoint an outreach worker to transgender people. The church’s minister explains how the decision came about
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