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Methodist church 'prepared to go out of existence'
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| February 12, 2010
| Steve Doughty
Posted on 02/12/2010 7:55:56 PM PST by ComeUpHigher
Leaders of the Methodist Church yesterday offered to surrender more than 200 years of independence from the Church of England.
They said they were ready to 'cease having a separate existence' and merge with Anglicans to help the cause of Christianity.
The promise, made to the Church of England's parliament, the General Synod, follows two decades of growing anxiety among Methodists over falling membership and its receding influence in society.
Once seen as a pillar of working class culture and a major contributor to the thinking of the Labour Party, the church has seen its membership shrink to just 265,000.
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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion; Mainline Protestant; Theology
KEYWORDS: coe; europeanchristians; methodists; mormon; religion; umc
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To: dr_who
there arent many liberals I know of who are Baptists.
There's always Jimmy
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:25:47 PM PST
by
Lee N. Field
(Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth.)
To: ComeUpHigher
"They said they were ready to 'cease having a separate existence' and merge with Anglicans to help the cause of Christianity."Kind of like the failing nations of Europe joining together and creating the failing European Union?
How can two organizations that aren't Christian think that their joining together helps the cause of Christianity?
More accurate would be to say that their joining forces helps their shared commitment to discredit and dilute Christianity.
To: C19fan
Secular humanism is an ongoing journey, not a destination. Even if you go past the point where people have to appreciate the consequences of their actions or think critically. Eventually though, the "merciful" answer to everything is to simply "pull the plug".
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:31:40 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: Lee N. Field
True. But Carter is a BINO.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:32:42 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: dr_who
“a pillar of working class culture and a major contributor to the thinking of the Labour Party..”
Marxists don’t care one iota for useful idiot Christians. Alliance with the dirtbag Labour socialists is a one way ticket to extinction.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:32:59 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
To: FrdmLvr
Not all of them. Some just like banana pudding.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:33:45 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: FormerACLUmember
“Democratic socialists” (or “progressives”, etc) are Marxists who are in denial.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:34:58 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: FormerACLUmember
...either that or, as you say, insidious liars and Christianity haters.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:37:01 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: svcw
I had not thought of that aspect but you are correct. Very sad that their blessing has degraded to what is happening today. But when you take your eye off the Word of God thats what happens. There is a lesson here for the ELCA, if they're bright enough to see it.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:37:51 PM PST
by
ThunderSleeps
(obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
To: James C. Bennett
I still see that as an exception to the rule. ie wierdos.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:38:21 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: dr_who
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:39:27 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: ComeUpHigher
I didn’t think of the Methodist church as merging with the Anglicans, but only yesterday, I was praying for them.
All are welcome to come the way of the Catholic Church. Sit down with the priest and get your questions answered......perhaps you have been misinformed by someone who didn’t want you to know the truth about the Catholic Church.
Prayers for all.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:43:05 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: C19fan
Leftists cannot create, but they can destroy.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:43:37 PM PST
by
achilles2000
(Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
To: C19fan
“
That is really the sadness about this because the Wesley brothers were
famous for their open air sermons and revivals.
“
I’m not a Methodist...but do recall that one of the Wesley brothers
recorded in his diary that he was having increasing difficulty getting
out of bed at five AM to get around to give sermons.
And he was about 85 years old at the time.
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:48:37 PM PST
by
VOA
(f)
To: svcw
What kind of radical are you? There’s Causes to be pursued and Social Injustice afoot in the world to be set aright. That’s kind of like preaching the Word of God isn’t it? Isn’t it?
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posted on
02/12/2010 8:57:58 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:01:36 PM PST
by
svcw
(If you are going to quote the Bible know what you are quoting.)
To: count-your-change
Ok, not in the sense that you apparently mean it.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:02:19 PM PST
by
svcw
(If you are going to quote the Bible know what you are quoting.)
To: svcw
It’s subtle and kinda creeps up on ya. Preaching the word does seem to the last thing some want to do.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:19:30 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Lee N. Field
And don't forget bubba:
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posted on
02/12/2010 10:13:57 PM PST
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: Salvation
But, you know, it is sad. As these towers of Protestantism fall, there is an honest effort to re-read the scripture with the fresh eye, -- a noble impulse -- that is buried underneath.
those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem? No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish (Luke 13)
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posted on
02/12/2010 10:28:38 PM PST
by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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