Posted on 05/31/2024 2:13:22 PM PDT by Morgana
In a continued blistering indictment against the destructive and damned United Methodist Church denomination, their largest overseas jurisdiction has voted to cut ties with them over their support of same-sex marriage and all things gay at their General Conference earlier this month, resulting in a loss of over a million members in a single day.
The United Methodist Church in the Ivory Coast (EMUCI), which has been vocal about the denomination’s drift, held an extraordinary session on May 28th and pulled the trigger, casting their votes to disaffiliate “For reasons of conscience before God and His word, the supreme authority in matters of faith and life.”
Denominational leaders within the EMUCI have been unyielding in their resistance to the LGBTQ, declaring that their American counterparts “deviate from the Holy Scriptures” and prefer “to sacrifice its honor and integrity to honor the LGBTQ community.”
Unlike the UMC, the EMUCI has been growing steadily and has long been the denomination’s largest conference, along with being one of the most vocal against the direction they’ve been heading. This split was foreshadowed earlier this month at the General Conference, when the President of the EMCUI, Bishop Benjamin Boni, told those gathered as a result of their move to embrace LGBTQ deviancy: “The United Methodist Church now rests on socio-cultural values that have consumed its doctrinal and disciplinary integrity.”
The Methodists who believe in the Bible are leaving in droves. The “Methodists” who twist the Bible into their feelings are cheering about it, too. You know who else is cheering all of this? Satan. He’s only upset about the ones leaving, though.
The ones who believe the Bible are taking the money/support with them.
The ones that don’t believe the Bible, one has to wonder how long they will last in such small numbers.
Good!
They will still raise money through Drag Show bingo.
The Ivory Coast folks get it.
What does the future hold for the Untied Methodist Church?
I had to ask.
Even that will get old.
Damnation and hellfire if they don’t repent.
They don’t care if everyone leaves.
reality is a harsh mirror...
There are a lot of small rural churches I can’t figure out why they are staying with the UMC - they clearly don’t believe or support the direction it has gone in. Only thing I can think of is that it is a financial issue that prevents it.
My son-in-law is a pastor at a Methodist Church. They broke off last year.
“For reasons of conscience before God and His word, the supreme authority in matters of faith and life.”
It is amazing how people in less developed parts of the world have more knowledge, understanding and courage than many in, say, the United States.
Well, bye.
John Wesley and Charles Wesley wouldn’t understand their Church today.
Because the UMC may own the parsonage and retirement. And don’t have the money to break away.
Just happened to a friend. He just threw in his hat.
The AIDS epidemic was a wake-up call in Africa.
I spoke with a UMC pastor last week. Their property is very valuable and the denomination wants the money or a cash equivalent.
They are part of a multi church lawsuit. They can’t leave until the case is heard but he told me they’re prepared to just walk away.
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