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To: incredulous joe
That's the thing. Many (if not most) Methodist churches are excellent, it's the governing body of the Methodist Faith that is the problem (at least to me).

I am sure other mainline churches like the Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is are the same way, it's the hierarchy that sit in their HQ’s and go over spreadsheets and editorials and think to themselves “well maybe if we change this or deemphasize this or discard that we will get more members or be seen as more modern” that I see as the problem.

32 posted on 12/21/2008 8:31:24 PM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: spikeytx86

I know some of those “modern Evangelicals”, I believe they will die on the vine.

My local Methodist church is very pro-life and very nicely ecumenical, just a few block from my church, but I susspect that issues are treated differently as one moves into metropolitan areas.

What I have seen on Anglican and Lutheran websites would seem to indicate that they are pro-life. However there seems to be a lack of a singular and authoritative voice on some of the social issues. I don’t have this problem with the Catholic Church, though a few of it’s clergy and a number of it members might take issue with these teachings.

I can pretty much quote them chapter and verse (or I can find a position in the catechism of the Church). If a priest or a religious or spiritual director tries to mislead in my church I can point them to the correct teaching, courtesy of the Magesterium.


37 posted on 12/21/2008 8:56:58 PM PST by incredulous joe ("No road is long with good company. " - Turkish Proverb)
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