The Wtern Jurisdictn of the Uned Methodist Church promoted an openly gay clergyman to the rank of bishop fiance of their l prohibg the ordatn of "practicg homosexuals."
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UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
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. Even among active Uned Methodist bishops who claim that “they are upholdg the Disciple, ” and who have ed prevented their nferenc om havg gay weddgs or non-celibate gay clergy, there are three major areas where such Uned Methodist bishops still fail to uphold the Disciple.
6) to require bishops to block the missng or ordatn of openly partnered gay an or elr ndidat (“even if the dividual has been remend by the Board of Ordaed Mistry and approved by the clergy ssn of the annual nference”), to prevent the clergy ssn om even votg on such ndidat, and om nsecratg as a new bishop any openly partnered gay dividual (“even if they have been duly elected by the jurisdictnal or central nference”).