Posted on 09/27/2025 9:45:06 PM PDT by Morgana
The Methodist Church has responded to the wave of anti-immigration sentiment that has swept the UK, releasing a new song it hopes will quell the rising tensions.
Britain has been rocked in recent months with protests against the government’s lackadaisical and unsustainable immigration policies, along with a failure to act against illegal immigration, resulting in men like Tommy Robinson leading nearly 150,000 people to protest in the Unite the Kingdom rally earlier this month.
The Methodist Church of Britain, a progressive denomination that long ago ceased being a prophetic voice in the country, announced on their website that they have responded to the unrest in song, releasing a new arrangement of Marty Haugen’s 1997 hymn “All Are Welcome.”
The hymn is intended as a response to the recent protests in London, the disorder outside the accommodation of those seeking asylum and the ‘Raise the Colours’ campaign that have all led to a growing sense of intimidation. Crosses and other Christian symbols have even been seen at some demonstrations where they have been used to communicate hate rather than love.
They’ve also encouraged other Methodist churches to record and send in their own versions, which they say has netted them an additional 140 recordings. At the time of writing, their new hymn has been viewed on YouTube 1319 times.
Ben Lawrence, the Digital Content Producer at the Methodist Church who also produced the recording, explained: “Many people have been made to feel, not just unwelcome, but frightened and intimidated by what is happening. We want this to be a song of reassurance, friendship and understanding.”
Likewise Jonathan Hustler, the Secretary of the Methodist Conference, reveals: “The Methodist Church proclaims itself to be inclusive and justice-seeking. We believe that the Church has been called into being to proclaim that God’s love is indiscriminate and unbounded, and which seeks to become a sign of God’s reign from which no one is excluded and in which no one is devalued.”
The Snake
Yeah, that’ll do it.
150k is another media lie. More like 2 million showed up. The media ia a dangerous and deadly enemy of freedom.
Heretics.
These are the churches that Jesus referred to as neither hot nor cold. He spat them out of his mouth. They preach ear tickling messages.
And thus are useless.
True.
My wife was a Methodist most of her life. About 20 years ago she left.
Our church had two objectives: 1)become a community organizer for progressive ideas and 2)build a huge facility to house their organizing efforts.
Yes: According to their theology, God lacks the power of discrimination. God is unable to discern the difference between just and unjust behavior, and to act accordingly.
Regards,
Meanwhile, some dude in Montana who posted a YouTube clip on how to restack cordwood to prevent beetle infestation has been viewed ten thousand times.
Regards,
I have attended three Methodist services; a funeral and two weddings. At each service the only mention of God was the reciting of the Lord’s Prayer.
So the idiotic Obama library ballooning in Chicago and the Progressive British Methodists are the same "denomination." Sounds about right, given that Mrs. Clinton, a Methodist, has labeled "white men" of a "certain religion" being at fault for so much.
The video had 1319 hits? What a success! This could be the next “We are the World”!
Are you UMC? How is the fight against the leftists?
Are you UMC? How is the fight against the leftists?
Restacking cordwood to prevent beetle infestation is more compelling video
Restacking cordwood to prevent beetle infestation is more compelling video
“All Are Welcome”...except patriots and conservatives
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