Posted on 02/25/2019 2:22:35 PM PST by xzins
Delegates at United Methodism’s General Conference in St. Louis, meeting as legislative committee, endorsed the Traditional Plan by 56% to 44%. The plan, which would strengthen the church’s policies defining marriage as male/female, will be voted on again by the delegates in plenary tomorrow.
The One Church Plan to liberalize the church’s policy on sexuality was rejected 53% to 47%. It is now defeated unless there’s an attempt to bring it tomorrow’s plenary as minority report.
Also approved were two petitions allowing congregations who can’t abide the church’s marriage teaching to leave the denomination with their property. Potentially some liberal churches consequently would leave United Methodism.
Most liberals opposed these plans for “gracious exit.” But pro-LGBTQ retired clergy Mike Slaughter of West Ohio spoke in favor of one petition, saying he did not wish to remain in a church that was not entirely affirming for all.
About 800 United Methodist congregations out of over 30,000 in America have declared themselves “reconciling” i.e. opposed to church policy on sexuality. These petitions also will go before the plenary session tomorrow.
Potentially the Judicial Council, top court for the denomination, will will rule on the constitutionality of these proposals. USA evangelicals and overseas delegates provided consistent majorities for these petitions.
Many liberal church activists and institutionalists remain surprised by the global support for the Traditional Plan, having assumed the liberalizing One Church Plan backed by most bishops would prevail. Efforts by USA church officials to cajole overseas delegates into supporting the One Church Plan have so far failed.
It remains to be seen whether liberal churches will form a new denomination after General Conference if the Traditional Plan passes. The next General Conference in 2020 will see a further shift in delegate strength towards Africa and away from America, making change in traditional church policy even more unlikely.
maybe they figured out that as the fag flags went up, membership went down.
The common denominator in all these fake churches is the National Council of Churches. They must be destroyed as they were formed to promote communism. Read the history.
Thank you.
Absolutely. Imagine my surprise when I read in the early 2000’s, that the United Methodist Church was sending money to CASTRO. Not the Cuban people, to CASTRO!
47%?
Reverend Jerry Kulah's remarks were so powerful and inspiring:
Amen!
Totally agree with everything you said.
I’m old enough to remember the Cuban revolution and the role of the National Council of Churches in bringing Castro to power. The Methodist church was involved in returning Elian Gonzales to Cuba. They’re a bunch of commie-lovers at the top and if the UMC is to be saved, they must divorce the NCC.
Bump!
I remember when a picture of Angela Davis dancing down the isle of a Methodist church on the arm of the pastor, made front page news.
Yep, and I think just voted themselves raises!!!
I say, let’s have bishops as they do in Africa-—1 for 400,000 members vs. 100,000 members!!!
Such a narrow margin is a disaster.
It’s still sickening the vote was that close. They need to kick out the anti-Christian/Sodomite-worship wing and they do NOT get to keep the property of the church.
It’s tempting to be vindictive because you know they would not give traditionalists the same consideration if the roles were reversed, but I think it’s still the right thing to do, because who knows what the future will bring?
I don’t consider it vindictive. They are willfully and deliberately perverting the word of God into a worship of something expressly unholy and a distortion of the relationship between men and women. It is sin worship and it is Satanic. Those that follow the words of those misleading their flocks that this is morally acceptable are having their souls flagrantly endangered.
That the church would willingly allow those in complete and utter disobedience to doctrine and to God himself to walk off with their properties acquired in their good name is simply absurd. I would call it theft by fraud.
If they wish their own anti-Christian cult that worships sodomy, let them establish it with their own means.
Thank you for leaving Mike Slaughter. now you can take your congregations money and building with you. Enjoy it while it lasts....
God bless the Africans! Africa is coming to America's rescue
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