Nicole Garcia looks more like a well-heeled church lady than a radical — but her faith journey over the past 55 years reflects a radical shift in mainline Christian denominations’ acceptance ...

(RNS) Nicole Garcia says she was "a good Catholic boy" when she was in her teens. Today, she is a candidate for ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. She is on track to be the ...

Pastor Nicole Garcia had her first service on Dec. 1, 2019. Courtesy Westview Church. Though it took nearly a year for Garcia’s mother to accept her as Nicole, ...

Nicole Garcia, 60, gave her first sermon at Westview Lutheran Church in Boulder, Colo., in early December. “Nobody can question my faith, my devotion to Christ, my devotion to the church.

(RNS) Nicole Garcia looks more like a well-heeled church lady than a radical—but her faith journey over the past 55 years reflects a radical shift in mainline Christian denominations’ acceptance of ...