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Methodist group seeks LGBT inclusion
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| 04/19/2015
| SARAH BARR
Posted on 04/19/2015 5:51:16 PM PDT by massmike
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To: Bryanw92
That list is the Mos Eisley spaceport of Protestantism! That's just great! Maybe they could call themselves the Church of Christless.
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posted on
04/19/2015 7:04:06 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
04/19/2015 7:07:29 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: massmike
These defrocked ministers are seeking more the approval of man. They should be seeking God’s will.
Sadly, they’re leading many in the wrong direction.
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posted on
04/19/2015 7:07:40 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: bayareablues
I was born a Methodist a long time ago. Finally just couldn’t stand it any more and went to an Evangelical Presbyterian church.
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posted on
04/19/2015 7:07:55 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: bayareablues
I was born a Methodist a long time ago. Finally just couldn’t stand it any more and went to an Evangelical Presbyterian church.
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posted on
04/19/2015 7:08:38 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: sten
My cousin became a minister of a Methodist Church in Maryland years ago and I attended a few services. The church was in a middle-class neighborhood and built in the 1960s to a high standard....easily able to handle 700 people. Today? At best, they have around 200 people showing up. I sat in the far back and observed that over seventy percent of the crowd are over the age of forty. In terms of lacking youth....they are unable to sustain this situation.
My humble guess is that some members think they can regain some momentum by going after the LGBT crowd....thus building up youth membership.
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
04/19/2015 10:36:24 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
To: bayareablues
Any Calvary Chapels?
Bible Fellowships?
The minister/pastor of any church is often an excellent leader, Bible-preaching person whatever/despite, the church’s affiliation.
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posted on
04/19/2015 11:07:57 PM PDT
by
USARightSide
(S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
To: EvilCapitalist
There is some wonderful expository teaching available online. I’d encourage you to separate from apostates rather than to keep going.
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posted on
04/20/2015 3:03:32 AM PDT
by
EliRoom8
To: bayareablues
Nazarene or Wesleyan, both derive from John Wesley theology.
Much less liberal influence.
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posted on
04/20/2015 5:13:17 AM PDT
by
vanilla swirl
(We are almost fully Soviet now, no gulags because we are not feared.)
To: clee1; xzins
My sympathies to the still conservative Methodists out there in the UMC
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:26:29 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Bryanw92; xzins
the weakness of a non-confessional churchDon't you guys have the Westminister confessional which lists out details?
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:28:26 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: clee1
I really dont have a problem with homosexuality per se, but I refuse to have my children be taught in church that it is normal rather than a perversion. What a contradiction.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:29:21 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(The Word of God is sexist, so I am too.)
To: massmike
You can’t “want” all you want but it has to pass at General Conference.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:29:54 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: bayareablues
I would suggest orthodoxy.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:30:03 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: EvilCapitalist
I tell all my ‘home church’ friends “You will find a church when it becomes a priority for you.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:32:16 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: clee1; Cronos
Biblical Christians in the UMC have defeated this again and again over many years. It will probably be defeated again.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:34:25 AM PDT
by
xzins
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To: Cronos; Bryanw92
Having a confession didn’t help the Presbyterians.
Personally, I think it has more to do with having an unaccountable hierarchy.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:36:01 AM PDT
by
xzins
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To: xzins
>>Having a confession didnt help the Presbyterians.
>>Personally, I think it has more to do with having an unaccountable hierarchy.
The PCUSA officially de-adopted the Westminster Confession years ago. Now, it is just a historical document for them. That was when their hierarchy began to become unaccountable.
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posted on
04/20/2015 7:53:18 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: xzins
That’s because it would cause the churches in Africa and Asia to leave the church without providing any real benefit to the US churches.
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posted on
04/20/2015 8:00:04 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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