I think the God Fearing members left last year - just saying
The UMC is not a Christian faith. It is a pagan cult.
big surprise.
Yes, many churches are leaving the “United Methodists”.
Jesus’ cousin was “John the Baptist” not “John the Methodist”..................Just sayin.................
God gave them over!
I am not a theologian, and do not know the details of the Theology of the Methodist Church.
But, assuming the theology teaches that homosexuality is sinful Behavior, how can they be intellectually honest and allow homosexual clergy?
Or have they changed the theology, homosexuality is okay , thus a homosexual minister is okay because of that?
I believe some conferences have been ignoring that rule for some time. The good Methodist pastors I had while I was growing would be rolling in their graves about the condition of their denomination, except they are in a better place and don’t have to worry about it anymore.
The UMC is going the way of the Episcopal Church USA. They won't like it when they get there. The ECUSA is in crisis -- unless a church has a huge endowment (or air rights in NYC) they can't even afford to maintain their buildings.
The Methodists are already showing signs of this. An enormous church on the east side of Atlanta (Druid Hills Methodist, at Ponce and Briarcliff) had a membership in the thousands when my grandfather-in-law was a minister there, back in the 60s and 70s. It closed and they sold the physical plant (over 4 acres) for upscale condos - $1.1M per unit. They merged with another old downtown Methodist church for a grand total of 75 members. They now call themselves "Neighborhood Church" although still affiliated with UMC, and they are getting the trendy resettlement crowd. But there are only so many of those who will go to church. Most figure, if they can believe anything, they believe they'll sleep in on Sunday.
They are way behind Rome on this issue.
Homo priests have been OK for decades - even serving in the Vatican.
Now the members can openly engage in sodomy during sermon.
Exactly what they want to do to children. /spit
**Applause broke out in parts of the convention hall Wednesday after the vote. A group of observers from LGBTQ advocacy groups embraced, some in tears. “Thanks be to God,” said one.**
And the Devil said, “Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin all the more!”
Truly there are a multitude of sinners that are anti-christs.
UMC - breakaway fag church avoid like the plague any church with United Methodist Fags in the title
Is the UMC approving of active adulterers in such positions, as well?
How about animal screwers?
2 Thessalonians 1-6 KJV
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Another sign of the times, imo.
next they will endorse “self-avowed practicing satanics” being ordained or appointed as ministers.
Is the first openly lesbian bishop “married” and is this marriage recognized by the UMC? If so, I assume the UMC has determined through votes of bishops and delegates that Jesus was just wrong when he said a male and a female will be united in marriage. Matt 19:4-6. What next will the UMC determine that Jesus said was just wrong?
They have succeeded in destroying the Protestant denominations as they were. It will now be interesting to see how long it takes them to bleed the “old” churches dry, and then start on the break-aways.
The United Methodists lost about 2,000 congregations last year. This will finish them off.