Surprise! Christian church lets atheist keep pastoring

She doesn’t believe in God or Jesus Christ, but an atheist minister is being allowed to keep her position at a church that calls itself Christian.

The case of Rev. Gretta Vosper had been dubbed by some as a “heresy trial,” and in an “unexpected development” as one news outlet termed it, the United Church of Canada has come to terms with the woman, leaving her free to minister to her congregation in Toronto.

“It’s going to be wonderful,” Vosper told the Canadian Press. “We’ll be out from underneath that heavy cloud. Now we’ll be able to really fly.”  Continue reading