[xzins]

From the article: "“There is no question that our church is in trouble,” said the Rev. Thomas Lambrecht, vice president of Good News and an observer at the meeting. “What I fail to understand is why church leaders are not considering that the theological shift among many of our clergy in a more progressive direction could account for a significant part of the decline. The Connectional Table reveals a schizophrenic approach when it acknowledges our crisis of decline and at the same time proposes a ‘Third Way’ on marriage and homosexuality that will drive many traditionalists and evangelicals out of the UM Church. If their plan is adopted, it will only accelerate the decline of the U.S. church, as we learn from the experience of The Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran, and Presbyterian Church (USA).”

[Obadiah]

Like so many organization after them, the UMC succumbed to the pressure of 1% of homosexuals (the Boy Scouts come to mind) and then imploded.

Let their destruction serve as a warning to others.

[CharlesOConnell]

Oh, instead of taking a cue from Congregations in Africa, Asia and South America which are growing~

Let's promote self-indugent policies like "Marriage Equity" (not that we care anything about marriage, except to drag it through the gutter)…

[originalbuckeye]

Absolutely. I was a life long member of the UMC. I stopped going to my church the Sunday after 9/11 when my pastor blamed the terrorist attack on World Hunger. He said ‘we must redistribute the wealth so that everyone has enough’. Tried the other UMC in town with similar results. I had found out earlier that the United Council of Churches had been taken over by Leftists and had hoped my church wouldn't go down with them. Unfortunately, the UMC has brought this on itself. I miss the church in which I was baptized, confirmed and married. I'm afraid it no longer exists.

[grumpygresh]

It is good news when these progressive churches see major declines in attendance and membership. It means that people are starting to wake up and realize that malevolent forces such as the state are overwhelming the institutional churches. These are the type of churches that will be used by the state to enable the submission of the public to the almighty state.

It’s not apostasy to reject an apostate church.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

So if I live to be slightly past 90, I’ll see the end of what was once the largest Protestant denomination in the country.