[Genoa]

I’ve been a UMC member all my life. If they change the policy on gay weddings or clergy, my family will have to find a new denomination.... probably Wesleyan.

Might as well leave now then. (I did.) The policy is to have the Book of Discipline say the right thing and then ignore it while people violate it with impunity. This commission won't alter the status quo for at least two years (if it ever can). Is that good enough for you?

[clee1]

Yeah.... I’ve been thinking about this for some time.

My current Church is very traditional, and I and my family are quite happy there.

BUT (and it’s a big but), I have been dismayed for many years at the direction the UMC, as an institution, has been going.

The “praise and worship” services; the New-Age, unitarian-type Methodist congregations that eschew traditional Methodist doxology; the slow and subtle trend towards socialistic activities under the guise of “service” to others....

The UMC today is definitely NOT the Church I grew up in.