“What now for the UMC? There will be significant losses from LGBTQ Christians and their allies who have given up on the UMC”
Maybe the church doesn’t bend its beliefs to suit pc agendas.
Lots of pious prattle in the article; all the right “theological” words lined up in rows, but supportive of modern liberal revision, not traditional scriptural beliefs.
“Maybe the church doesn’t bend its beliefs to suit pc agendas.”
They are already hugely anti-gun so might as well go all the way and get all fruited up.
No there won’t. The LB-whatever group doesn’t leave rich pickings like the UMC. They stay and continue to try to take over.
I predict that when the collection plate starts to get light, the UMC will suddenly have a change of heart.
“What now for the UMC? There will be significant losses from LGBTQ Christians and their allies who have given up on the UMC”
My thinking derived from Liberal Methodists I know is that those sentiments are, unfortunately, wrong.
I think the Progressive wing of the Methodists is going home and saying to themselves “next time”.