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Apostate Pastor Who Officiated Son’s Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Reinstated
Christian News Network ^ | June 25, 2014 | Editor

Posted on 06/26/2014 7:13:13 PM PDT by kingattax

In a reversal, an apostate Pennsylvania pastor who was defrocked last year for violating United Methodist law after he officiated at his son’s so-called same-sex wedding has been reinstated.

Frank Schaefer learned Tuesday (June 24) his ministerial credentials will be restored after the United Methodist’s Northeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals voted 8-1 in his favor.

The committee, which held a hearing June 20 near Baltimore, found that “errors of Church law” had been used in imposing the penalty against Schaefer.

“I was wrongfully punished for standing with those who are discriminated against,” Schaefer said in a statement. “Today’s decision is a sign that the church is starting to listen.”

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Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,

1 posted on 06/26/2014 7:13:13 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Hier stehe ich; ich kann nicht anders.

Sad. The church moved, and now the pastor’s act is seen as one of principle, rather than misguided love.


2 posted on 06/26/2014 7:16:52 PM PDT by heartwood
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To: kingattax

Here we go again. . .first the Presbyterians and now the Methodists. How much more of this can God take. Look up!


3 posted on 06/26/2014 7:27:18 PM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Just a Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: kingattax

so, to hell with what God said in the Bible, got to do what man says makes us “feel “ good. If I belonged to that church I would quit it.


4 posted on 06/26/2014 7:30:02 PM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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To: kingattax

I second that Scripture!


5 posted on 06/26/2014 7:30:08 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: kingattax

If you don’t rule your own home well you’re not qualified to be a pastor.


6 posted on 06/26/2014 7:32:57 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: kingattax

“I was wrongfully punished for standing with those who are discriminated against,” Schaefer said in a statement.

And what will his statement be when he stands before God surrounded by the personalities of God's discrimination : unrepentant idolaters, adulterers, sodomites, thieves, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers, etc.


7 posted on 06/26/2014 7:35:12 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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8 posted on 06/26/2014 7:36:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Maudeen

Catholics running a close third

I think we’re seeing the beginning of the end


9 posted on 06/26/2014 7:37:02 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: BenLurkin

“ear tickling” is a good description


10 posted on 06/26/2014 7:39:36 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: kingattax

11 posted on 06/26/2014 7:39:48 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: Girlene

RINO —— Reverend In Name Only


12 posted on 06/26/2014 7:41:48 PM PDT by evangmlw
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To: kingattax

Sounds like this pastor doesn’t really take the Bible very seriously.


13 posted on 06/26/2014 7:48:13 PM PDT by boycott
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To: kingattax

I hope that’s not the son of Francis Schaeffer!


14 posted on 06/26/2014 7:48:14 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: fish hawk
Like the Presbies, the Methodists have been fairly traditional in the pews, but ruled by a band of apostate prelates.
15 posted on 06/26/2014 7:48:46 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Girlene
Looks like he's coming off a week long drunk.
16 posted on 06/26/2014 7:50:48 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Girlene

Seems ole rev. Frank is making it more about himself than the one it’s supposed to be about.


17 posted on 06/26/2014 7:54:56 PM PDT by boycott
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To: evangmlw

Yep....he’s loving the spotlight.


18 posted on 06/26/2014 7:56:55 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: Star Traveler

It is indeed.


19 posted on 06/26/2014 7:59:16 PM PDT by Bainbridge
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To: boycott

Yes, he has.


20 posted on 06/26/2014 8:03:38 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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