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Bishop Says We Need a ‘Third Testament’ Because The First Two Are ‘problematic’ And ‘not the word of God’
Protestia ^ | April 20, 2026 | staff

Posted on 04/20/2026 8:11:38 AM PDT by Morgana

Yvette Flunder is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ (UCC) in Oakland, California, as well as the Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries.

An avowed “womanist” and proponent of liberation theology, she is “gay-married” to another woman and is about as progressive and liberal as they come.

During a recent message for the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy, Flunder shared:

“This a very dangerous thing that I’m about to say now… a bit dangerous. I’m of the opinion that we need a Third Testament. because the Bible has become problematic.

‘Slaves obey your masters as you do the Lord’- It’s a text.

‘Let the women keep silent in the churches and if they have any questions let them ask their husbands at home.’

Now I’m a believer. My whole heart, I trust God with my whole heart. I wake up in the morning talking to God and God talking to me.

But I am completely frustrated with the ways in which the text speaks to the kind of vitriolic God that makes those kinds of things.

And people will say, ‘well, it’s in the book.’ And I said, then we need to pull that page out.

And they said, well, you can’t do it. It’s the Word of God. I said, no, it’s words about God. Come on now. But is it the Word of God? No. It is not the Word of God.”

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TOPICS: Apologetics; Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: californi; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; jewhater; liberationtheology; oakland; ucc; yvetteflunder

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I won't say it, I'll let you all say it.
1 posted on 04/20/2026 8:11:38 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

So says this bishop.


2 posted on 04/20/2026 8:13:04 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Morgana

An avowed “womanist” and proponent of liberation theology, she is “gay-married” to another woman and is about as progressive and liberal as they come. That explains a lot.


3 posted on 04/20/2026 8:14:03 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Morgana

United Church of Christ is the same denomination as “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright. It’s one of those non-Christian churches posing as a church.


4 posted on 04/20/2026 8:14:19 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Morgana

She making God in her own image


5 posted on 04/20/2026 8:14:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Morgana

I thought Yvette was a girls name? What is this bishop? A drag queen or a tranny?


6 posted on 04/20/2026 8:15:08 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Asshat the Piker needs to get his domestic terrorist ass out of my country. )
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To: Morgana

“Yvette Flunder is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ (UCC) in Oakland”

I found the problem


7 posted on 04/20/2026 8:15:45 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: kawhill

Correct.


8 posted on 04/20/2026 8:17:00 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Morgana
Flunder shared: . . . "I’m of the opinion that we need a Third Testament because the Bible has become problematic. ‘Let the women keep silent in the churches . . . ."

I this case, the text is right. Sit down and shut up, Yvette.

9 posted on 04/20/2026 8:17:15 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Tell It Right

Let’s just remove their tax exempt status then.


10 posted on 04/20/2026 8:17:37 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Morgana

Another bizarre creature in a long line of false teachers.


11 posted on 04/20/2026 8:17:48 AM PDT by allendale
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She making God in her own image

Yes, but with a little g. Who does she think is qualified to speak for God in writing a third testament? Grok?

12 posted on 04/20/2026 8:17:55 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Morgana

Another example of how recognizing God can interfere with things humans want to do.


13 posted on 04/20/2026 8:17:59 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: AppyPappy

Which is idolatry.


14 posted on 04/20/2026 8:18:01 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Are we even sure that is even a “woman”?


15 posted on 04/20/2026 8:18:24 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: Morgana

She’s a false teacher.


16 posted on 04/20/2026 8:18:26 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Morgana

‘Let the women keep silent in the churches and if they have any questions let them ask their husbands at home.’

Of course . That way he can’t let his mind drift to his bass boat when he should be listening to the sermon.


17 posted on 04/20/2026 8:19:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yvette Flunders.....Spouse Shirley Miller


18 posted on 04/20/2026 8:19:32 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: SkyDancer

It’s obvious she’s a heretic.


19 posted on 04/20/2026 8:19:50 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Morgana
We've got a population of roughly 340,000,000.

If only a 1/10 of a percent (0.001) of those 340M are certifiably insane, that's still 340,000 crazies.

Here's just one of them.

20 posted on 04/20/2026 8:20:09 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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