Posted on 11/12/2022 7:35:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings this month that included the election of its second openly gay bishop. Conservatives say the developments will only accelerate their exit from one of the nation’s largest Protestant denominations.
Each of the UMC’s five U.S. jurisdictions — meeting separately in early November — approved similarly worded measures aspiring to a future of church where “LGBTQIA+ people will be protected, affirmed, and empowered.”
They also passed non-binding measures asking anyone to withdraw from leadership roles if they’re planning to leave the denomination soon — a category that almost entirely includes conservatives moving toward the exits.
The denomination still officially bans same-sex marriage and the ordination of any “self-avowed, practicing homosexual,” and only a legislative gathering called the General Conference can change that.
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The rat media is in hyper drive to try to shape conclusions from the election.
I honestly dont get this.
Few things in the bible are more clear than that homosexuality is a sin. It’s pretty cut and dry.
Modernism
Apostasy
Depravity
Turned over to depraved minds.
There isn’t a single “mainstream” church that isn’t apostate.
Both this f a g stuff and the BLM rollovers. Complete liberal commie showcase.
In my rural city of 25K there are three UMC churches and one has had a fag flag and rainbow sign up for years. They seem a lot more interested in attracting the small number of queers than young families or other groups.
I know several UMC Pastors who manage to miss the point. While I agree that Christ told us to love everyone, He didn't announce a repeal of the Book pf Leviticus.
Not surprising
On a positive note out church is full of middle to upper middle class families with a LOT of children, most homeschooled (we are in homeschool group) and extraordinarily conservative
Even the teenagers seem like a throwback to a different age and time and they aren’t nerds either-smart strong capable young people who could be absolutely dominant should they want
Lots of "churches" left Scripture long ago...
Why don’t they just empower swingers and orgies too while they’re at it?
I dare them to name a sexual immorality.
Are there really any Methodists around anymore??
In my rural city of 7,500 there is one Methodist Church. We are either going to soon split from the United Methodist denomination, or I am.
Too bad, too, because the local church is pretty good, even though the congregants have their collective head in the sand as to the “alphabet-groups” problem.
Hetero libs completely misunderstand queer life style. It has nothing to do with swishing, dressing, or talking cute. It is all about buggering, nothing else.
The US and Europe UMC stand alone in the world in their support of the queer. Christians in Africa, China, the near and far east, South America, and all the native people on earth stand strongly against the homosexual life style. Methodism will become its predecessor the Anglicans, a marginal, wealthy, apostasy church of no consequence to the body of Christ.
It is these kinds of theological and policy emphases and incongruities that have helped reduce membership to almost half of what it was in the 1960s. That’s just as well, I guess, considering the corrupted message that has taken over. I walked away over thirty years ago, but I can imagine how heartbroken my pastors during my youth would be if they were still around to see this.
The Methodists have just been “bundled” for the 🔥 (Matthew 13)
I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.
Confirms to me that the catholic church is the one true church. Yes it has quite if few of satans soldiers trying to undermine it, and these soldiers appear to have succeeded in most of the mainline protestant churches. But the catholic doctrines concerning things like faggotry remain ans will do so despite satans best efforts. Jesus will not let the gates of hell prevail over her bride.
IOW the Methodists are going further away from the Bible teaching and God and embracing sin. As a lifestyle.
You could well be right. And the Orthodox Churches also.
Sometimes it seems having all that hierarchy helps ameliorate trendy and faddish ideas. It would have to pass a whole lot of levels all over the world before being approved.
I despise Francis but I guess there are many trustworthy priests and nuns?
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