RuPaul's Drag Race alum and Broadway star Peppermint is joining CBS's God Friended Me! Peppermint will be a guest star for two episodes starting Oct. 6. with, "The Lady." She will play Pastor Olivia, a transgender pastor who heads a congregation that embraces the LGBTQ community. Peppermint's character comes into the show as Ali (Javicia Leslie) leaves her father's (Joe Morton) Episcopal Church in Harlem.

“The Lady – As Miles wonders what the God Account has in store for him, he and Rakesh help Joy (Jessica Lu) with her new friend suggestion, Teddy (Bryan Greenberg), an aspiring self-help guru. Also, Cara follows a God Account-related lead in Paris, and Ali reveals to Arthur that she’s left Harlem Episcopal for a progressive LGBTQ-friendly congregation, on GOD FRIENDED ME, Sunday, Oct. 6 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Scenes from the episode were filmed on location in Paris. Pictured: Peppermint as Pastor Olivia. Photo Credit: David Giesbrecht / 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Photo credit: David Giesbrecht/Warner Bros.[/caption] "This role is proof that we've come so far," Peppermint said to Entertainment Weekly. "A transgender pastor is not something you'd see being written or cast even five years ago. This season, they are raising the bar both in front and behind the camera. You ain't ready, y'all!" The second season of God Friended Me airs Sept. 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET after Sunday Night Football. Peppermint's Oct. 6 arc airs at 8 p.m. ET. READ MORE: Nick Cannon To Get Nationally-Syndicated Talk Show In 2020 'Always A Bridesmaid': Indie Rom-Com Written By Yvette Nicole Brown To Debut As BET Original Movie This Weekend Why Viola Davis Will 'Go To Her Grave' Saying Annalise Keating And Olivia Pope Are The Greatest Characters On Television Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images From Harlem to Hollywood, get the Black entertainment news you need in your inbox daily.