12/23/2016 12:34:14 PM PST
· 5 of 14 rface
to Morgana
There are several orgs that use the Methodist church within their name in an effort to drag that denomination even lefter. The lines have been drawn within the UMC and a split is possible....maybe probable. The Orthodox Methodist Church and the Rainbow Methodist Church.
One interesting thing is that the Methodist church has a large part of the denomination in Africa....and the Africans have a large say in the path that the United Methodist Church takes. African Methodists are very Orthodox....Thank You Africa.
SocialJustice is the action that James and Jesus and the early Church taught us to act upon.
This is sometimes (often maybe) different than what the liberal thought of SocialJustice actually is.... SocialJustice does not mean accept evil as good, nor does it mean to act as the world wants you to act, but too often the worldy view of Justice is far different than Godly Justice
12/09/2016 8:05:44 AM PST
· 22 of 65 rface
to rhett october
...but as I said, 3 out of 4 that I could get on the phone had already heard about it..
yes the U Methodist Church has some big issues ahead that could well split the denomination. A (false) rumor like this could actually be a good thing, since it may have the power to get members to look and see what may be ahead for the denomination.
The Methodist Church currently does NOT perform Same Sex marriage and it does NOT ordain Pastors who state that they are in sexual relationships outside of marriage...but there are a couple of renegade conferences that ignore part of the Book of Discipline, and in addition San Fran, CA elected as their Bishop a lesbian which has produced a big push back and the International General Conference is going to have to decide which path they will follow.
The African Continent may prove to be America's Godly missionaries within the United Methodist Denomination...