--- title: Transformed date: 2018-11-29T12:00:00+00:00 author: Alexandra Davis canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture" section: Pages --- #### "If you have met one transgender person you have met one transgender person. No two experiences are the same." Jesus loved people and debated issues. The gospels are full of stories of all sorts of people encountering and being encountered by Jesus. He sought out some of the most marginalised of society and made time for them. His love knew no boundaries, even though He didn’t always agree with those He met. It is important to remember that transgender is not simply an issue to be debated; it raises fundamental identity questions for people who, like all of us, need to be loved. *Transformed* is designed to help the church be a place of welcome and compassion for those who are transgender and their friends and family. We want to affirm the dignity of every person and point to the radical redemption that Jesus offers all of us. It seeks to counter the cultural narrative of individualism, deconstruction and consumerism with the story of the gospel — that through Jesus we are all loved, forgiven and transformed. [ ![Transformed: the resource](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Clean Shot 2025 01 22 at 23 03 50](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Transformed-card-image.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-the-resource) [#### Transformed: the resource ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-the-resource) A brief biblical and pastoral introduction to understanding transgender in a changing culture [ Download Transformed ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-the-resource) [](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-the-resource) [ ![Transformed: Considering transgender with Peter Lynas](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Transformed](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/jiroe-526478-unsplash-2.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-considering-transgender-with-peter-lynas) [#### Transformed: Considering transgender with Peter Lynas ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-considering-transgender-with-peter-lynas) Watch Peter Lynas' talk introducing issues around transgender in a changing culture [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-considering-transgender-with-peter-lynas) [](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-considering-transgender-with-peter-lynas) [ ![Transformed: Tim's story](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Tims Story](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Tims-story.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-tims-story) [#### Transformed: Tim's story ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-tims-story) Watch: Tim shares his story of his family's experience of transgender [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-tims-story) [](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-tims-story) [ ![Transformed: Jeanette's story](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Jeanette Transformed](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/vlcsnap-2018-12-03-11h12m03s769.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-jeanettes-story) [#### Transformed: Jeanette's story ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-jeanettes-story) Jeanetts shares her story of faith, sexuality and transgender [ Watch now ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-jeanettes-story) [](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/transformed-understanding-transgender-in-a-changing-culture/transformed-jeanettes-story) [ ![Why I wrote Transformed](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Transformed](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/jiroe-526478-unsplash-2.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/why-i-wrote-transformed) [#### Why I wrote Transformed ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/why-i-wrote-transformed) Exploring the complexity and confusion surrounding transgender, by Peter Lynas [ ![Peter Lynas](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/peter-lynas) [ Peter Lynas ](/author/peter-lynas) 29 November 2018 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/why-i-wrote-transformed)