[ZGuy]

When my sister left the UMC, the pastor asked her why she was leaving. She replied, "Because I became a Christian." Surprisingly, the pastor's response was, "Oh, well, that makes sense."

[Cronos]

I don’t know, some time ago I would have also dismissed the UMC the way you do, but I would like to know from some conservatives still in the Methodists what they think

[Colonel_Flagg]

Believing sexuality to be a “good gift from God” – or as they declared yet another way in God’s infinite diversity – CUMC defines sin as denying who God created them to be.

Sexuality is indeed a gift from God, when expressed according to Biblical principles. And in a way, CUMC is right but for the wrong reason.

God created us to marry male and female -- and as a result, shows prima facie why homosexuality is a sin. Gays indeed deny who 'God created them to be', by choosing to live a lifestyle of unrepentant, Scripturally defined sin.

[kcvl]

Meshelle Lesner, Lead Team Chair
Central United Methodist Church

Meshelle lives in West Toledo with her partner Cathie and their dog, Jack. She has been a member of Central since 2003 and says that what she likes best about Central is the “come-as-you-are atmosphere.” She loves coffee, sci fi, old t-shirts, Rich Mullins, and Jesus, and her favorite book of the Bible is Philippians. She really dislikes humidity and the color raspberry. She works full-time as the Training Manager and Coordinator of Spiritual Life at Sunshine, an agency that provides care to people with developmental disabilities.

http://centraltoledo.org/blog/who-we-are/staff/

Central United Methodist Church
2108 Collingwood Blvd, Suite 200
Toledo, Ohio 43620
Phone 419.241.7729
E-mail office@centraltoledo.org

[P-Marlowe]

“Forcing people to act against their God-given sexual orientation will lead to disordered lives. Allowing people to act in accordance with their God-given sexual orientation leads to reconciliation.”

So serial adulterers and child molesters should be allowed to act in accordance with their "God-given" sexual orientation"?

What about kleptomaniacs and homicidal maniacs. Should we let them steal our property and kill our families so that they can be reconciled to their god-given orientations?

[A. Patriot]

I shudder to think if they have added any new sacraments to the list.

[Gamecock]

***The Church seeks nothing less than the healing of the world, and Central UMC wants to offer words and acts of healing to those hurt and marginalized,***

“Healing” the world is not done by embracing sin. Rather it is done by pointing sinners to the redemption of sins through Jesus.