3 gay pastors among nome for bishop

Contents:

• HOLY HISTORY: GAY PASTORS NFIRMED TO SENR POSNS THEY WERE ONCE NIED
• 3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
• 500 CLERGY SUPPORT GAY UNED METHODIST CLERGY WHO ME OUT
• NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE ORDAS OPENLY GAY PASTOR
• IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?
• DEFYG CHURCH BAN, DOZENS OF METHODIST CLERGY E OUT AS GAY AND LBIAN
• UNED METHODISTS’ FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP ORDAS FIRST PASTOR
• GAY METHODIST PASTOR A STEP CLOSER TO CHURCH TRIAL

HOLY HISTORY: GAY PASTORS NFIRMED TO SENR POSNS THEY WERE ONCE NIED

Kipp Nelson and a group of 14 others, which clud straight people, were nied the new rol bee he and two other people are gay. A church divid went agast the l and nfirmed three gay pastors to senr posns — posns they were once nied jt a year ago bee of their sexualy.

3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP

A South Florida pastor is hurt and dismayed after he was nied a senr posns his church bee he is openly gay.

Nelson and his group, which clud straight people, were nied the new rol bee he and two other people are gay. Uned Methodist tradnalists strictly uphold the current l which state “the church has mataed the posn that the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg, " and that “…pastors may not be “self-avowed, practicg homosexuals.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'

Isaac Simmons, an openly gay clergy ndidate the Uned Methodist Church, dog a vio April 2021 as his drag queen alter ego Ms.

| YouTube/Woke Preacher ClipsA gay man who is also a drag queen was recently nfirmed by a Methodist church Illois as a ndidate for ordaed mistry. God hears the cri of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people who are beg harmed, opprsed and margalized by The Uned Methodist Church. The church do not allow gays or lbians to be ordaed clergy; however, many clergy have been g out before and after the General Conference.

Thomas Lambrecht, executive wh Good News, an evangelil Uned Methodist anizatn that upholds the church’s current stance on homosexualy issu. William Lawrence — former print of the Judicial Council, the church’s top urt — said that if an openly gay person were elected bishop, anyone the nomatn uld file a plat. “To elect a self-avowed practicg homosexual as bishop would ph many tradnalists over the edge of what they uld tolerate, jeopardizg the uny and the fundg of the nomatn, ” Lambrecht said.

500 CLERGY SUPPORT GAY UNED METHODIST CLERGY WHO ME OUT

We are set apart bee we intify as lbian or gay but we are not totally fed by our sexual orientatn, ” Wulf said. A regnal body of the Uned Methodist Church (UMC) voted to elect the nomatn's first openly gay Black bishop last week vlatn of s l prohibg the ordatn of "self-avowed practicg homosexuals. Her ordatn was emed valid by the Uned Methodist Judicial Council 2017, but she remas her CHURCH OF ENGLAND OFFICIALS ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE: ‘RANK HERESY’The UMC, which is the third-largt Prottant nomatn the U.

Bishop Karen Oliveto, the UMC's first openly gay bishop, speaks at Iliff School of Theology, on April 26, 2017, Denver, Colorado. "Several nservative members of the Methodist clergy told Fox News Digal June that far om settlg the issue, however, the 2019 vote was disregard by many liberal lears wh the UMC who cid to rema the nomatn while missng openly gay clergy and officiatg same-sex weddgs Lomperis of the Instute on Relign & Democracy, who has served as a UMC General Conference legate, told The Christian Post that Bridgeforth's promotn exhibs "further direct fiance of the UMC’s official l, which is creasgly beg normalized.

The Church “implor fai and church not to reject or nmn lbian and gay members and iends. Homosexualy was first openly bated at General Conference 1972, four years after the formatn of The Uned Methodist Church, rultg the addn of first statement on homosexualy.

NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE ORDAS OPENLY GAY PASTOR

While affirmg belief that persons of homosexual orientatn are persons of sacred worth who need the mistry and guidance of the church, the statement add that the church “do not ndone the practice of homosexualy and nsirs this practice patible wh Christian teachg. Sce that time, the church has mataed the posn that “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. Based on the posns about homosexual practice and marriage, the Church has also mataed rtrictns regardg clergy.

IS BIBLILLY ALLOWABLE FOR A PASTOR TO BE GAY?

Pastors may not be “self-avowed, practicg homosexuals” and may not nduct ceremoni that celebrate same-sex weddgs or unns. Wh a body of over 12 ln members globally, Uned Methodists are not of one md about how to be mistry wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. Some members feel strongly that the church should uphold s current stanc regardg gay clergy and marriage.

DEFYG CHURCH BAN, DOZENS OF METHODIST CLERGY E OUT AS GAY AND LBIAN

While the church has official statements regardg homosexualy, all members n disagree wh the church’s posns and n advote for change policy. In 2019, a special ssn of General Conference met specifilly to addrs ongog, unrolved divisns regardg homosexualy. Its cisns strengthened rtrictns on ordatn (broang the fn of "self-avowed, practicg homosexual" the footnote to ¶304.

One was to clare an abeyance (lay) on submtg or procsg plats related to homosexualy until after a procs for separatn had been approved and the nomatns that may rult om uld hold their first post-separatn General Conferenc. The agreement about abeyance, though, beme effective immediately among s signers, and many other bishops the Uned Stat have likewise agreed to hold homosexualy-related plats agast clergy abeyance until after a post-separatn Uned Methodist General Conference 2028 term what new polici, if any, will be. A letter om 500 openly LGBTQ clergy, future pastors and fah lear a number of different nomatns offered “much love and light” to the 111 Uned Methodist clergy and ndidat who me out as gay on May 9.

“Though we e om different tradns, you are our fay Christ and our siblgs the mon stggle to live fully and thentilly to our God-given inti and llgs, ” stat the letter posted on the webse Believe Out Loud, an onle muny that empowers Christians to work for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) equaly.

UNED METHODISTS’ FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP ORDAS FIRST PASTOR

They intify themselv as “Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Qutng, and Intersex” the letter. The majory of legat at the 2012 General Conference voted agast a proposal to say Uned Methodists disagree whether homosexualy is agast God’s will. Gregory Gross, a an and legate om the Northern Illois Conference, said often when Uned Methodists “talk about homosexualy, we talk about as an issue.

Gross, whose homels mistry clus servg gay and lbian teens who have been kicked out of their hom, said he signed the letter also to provi a wns that the teens are not alone.

GAY METHODIST PASTOR A STEP CLOSER TO CHURCH TRIAL

The Book of Disciple, the nomatn's erng document, has stated sce 1972 that all dividuals are of sacred worth but the practice of homosexualy “is patible wh Christian teachg. It lists beg a “self-avowed practicg” gay clergy member as well as officiatg at same-sex unns as chargeable offens unr church law.

He announced that he is gay durg a church panel on sexualy last year, and he is unr appotment to Rencilg Mistri Network. Alvaran strsed that the mistry of gay and lbian dividuals is not jt a ncern the Uned Stat. The Uned Methodist Church uld have openly gay pastors and pastors officiatg at same-sex marriag if a proposal affirmed by nomatn learship prevails.