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United Methodists Lose One Million Members in One Day, After Oversees Contingent Cuts Ties Over Same-Sex Support
Protestia ^ | May 31, 2024 | staff

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.”


TOPICS: Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: umc
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They will lose a lot more before it's all over
1 posted on 05/31/2024 2:13:22 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

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.


2 posted on 05/31/2024 2:17:32 PM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

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.


3 posted on 05/31/2024 2:23:02 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Good!


4 posted on 05/31/2024 2:23:49 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Morgana
United Methodists are re-thinking their branding over latest schism.
5 posted on 05/31/2024 2:29:28 PM PDT by BipolarBob (If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Morgana

They will still raise money through Drag Show bingo.


6 posted on 05/31/2024 2:30:27 PM PDT by BipolarBob (If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Morgana

The Ivory Coast folks get it.


7 posted on 05/31/2024 2:41:36 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Morgana

What does the future hold for the Untied Methodist Church?


8 posted on 05/31/2024 2:42:28 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: BipolarBob

I had to ask.

Even that will get old.


9 posted on 05/31/2024 2:47:59 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: reg45

Damnation and hellfire if they don’t repent.


10 posted on 05/31/2024 2:49:27 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Morgana

They don’t care if everyone leaves.


11 posted on 05/31/2024 2:51:54 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Morgana

reality is a harsh mirror...


12 posted on 05/31/2024 2:54:38 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Morgana

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.


13 posted on 05/31/2024 2:57:15 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Morgana

My son-in-law is a pastor at a Methodist Church. They broke off last year.


14 posted on 05/31/2024 2:57:50 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: Morgana

“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.


15 posted on 05/31/2024 3:02:07 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Morgana

Well, bye.


16 posted on 05/31/2024 3:06:58 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Morgana

John Wesley and Charles Wesley wouldn’t understand their Church today.


17 posted on 05/31/2024 3:08:11 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Republican Wildcat

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.


18 posted on 05/31/2024 3:08:19 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: jeffersondem

The AIDS epidemic was a wake-up call in Africa.


19 posted on 05/31/2024 3:09:22 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: Republican Wildcat

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.


20 posted on 05/31/2024 3:09:43 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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