BY JULIE SCHARPER | The ceiling of this church is the sky. There are no stained-glass windows, just graffiti-covered concrete walls.
No pews, only chairs unfolded on a vacant lot in Station North. Church members arrive by motorized wheelchairs, walkers, canes.
A few smoke cigarettes or drink out of bottles wrapped in plastic bags. Many have slept on the streets, and some still lack permanent housing.
Then there is Pastor Elazar Schoch Zavaletta, a religious leader as unique as this congregation. He is joyfully and proudly trans at a time when many who identify as Christian are leading efforts to curbs the rights of trans people.