The libs are not going to get their way any time soon the way the trends are going. I can see the liberal UMC churches eventually dying because members who are strongly in favor of homosexual marriage will likely go to the Presbyterian or Lutheran churches (which have similar beliefs) which support it.
I do, however, expect a lot of liberal churches to defy the Book of Discipline and do their own thing. Some already have with mixed consequences. If they decide on a wholesale basis to pursue disobedience, they’ll bring the situation to a head.
>>The libs are not going to get their way any time soon the way the trends are going. I can see the liberal UMC churches eventually dying because members who are strongly in favor of homosexual marriage will likely go to the Presbyterian or Lutheran churches (which have similar beliefs) which support it.
I wish that were true, but the Prog mind just doesn’t work that way. They do not self-segregate.
Like a virus, they need a host body and the PCUSA and ELCA are already conquered territory and they need politically-clueless people who are somewhat conservative to fill out those churches while the activist Progs continue their assault on the UMC and non-denoms.
They force us to self-segregate by retreating back to churches that are bastions of conservative Christianity. Then, when those are all that are left, the Progs will start showing up to “join” our churches too and start the infection process.