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."
Contents:
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
- ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
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. Homosexual partnerships, transgenr issu and diversy mt be re-evaluated on the basis of new unrstandgs of sexualy, Timmerevers wrote the book, published this week.
He ntued: "The life experienc and ep feelgs of those who are homosexual or transgenr have touched me very eply. In dog so, Overbeck said, the pope had exprsed "a new form of appreciatn that n be the startg pot for a (lol church) re-evaluatn of homosexualy.
ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
" However, this velopment ran unter to the rejectn of blsgs for gay partnershipsissued by the Vatin's Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, Overbeck add. Acrdg to current Catholic teachg, is not a s to have homosexual feelgs but sexual acts between people of the same genr are "trsilly disorred" and "ntrary to the natural law.
In the book, lbian, gay, same-sex, bisexual, trans, ter, non-bary and other queer people scribe their experienc wh fah and the church.