New York Evangelical Church Host Drag Queen Worship Event

A church in upstate New York recently hosted drag queens at a worship service to celebrate LGBT Pride Month.

The “Worship is a Drag” event at The Park Church in Elmira took place earlier this month and was billed as a “special communion worship service with guest presenters in drag.”

The Park Church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

Rev. J. Gary Brinn, the church’s pastor, said the service was meant “to celebrate Pentecost, kick-off LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and come to Christ’s Table of Love.”

“Just as there have always been queers, (there) has always been diversity in gender expression and affectional orientation, so there has always been diversity within Christianity.”

He said he welcomed the LGBTQ+ community.

“Our sin is not just in what we have done but also in what we have failed to do, and we are determined to sin no more.”