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Well see here's the thing, each applicant church would have to agree to the church covenant in order to join.

A case has happened in California where a UM church wanted to break off (didn't like the recent acquittal of an avowed homosexual minister) and the conference didn't want to let them. The case went before the California court and it was decided that the conference had broken the UM Church covenant and therefore the church wasn't splitting off at all, but was keeping the original covenant of the church.

17 posted on 04/30/2005 2:29:49 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)

To: tricky_k_1972

Well see here's the thing, each applicant church would have to agree to the church covenant in order to join. A case has happened in California where a UM church wanted to break off (didn't like the recent acquittal of an avowed homosexual minister) and the conference didn't want to let them. The case went before the California court and it was decided that the conference had broken the UM Church covenant and therefore the church wasn't splitting off at all, but was keeping the original covenant of the church.

Finally, a California court decision I agree with. All things are possible again.

20 posted on 04/30/2005 2:43:56 PM PDT by fightu4it (conquest by immigration and subversion spells the end of US.)

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