The Uned Methodist Church moved toward beg more progrsive and LGBTQ-affirmg durg U.S. regnal meetgs this month that clud the electn of s send openly gay bishop. Conservativ say the velopments will only accelerate their ex om one of the natn’s largt Prottant nomatns.
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- OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH
- UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
- UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
- UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
- THE UNED METHODIST QUEER CLERGY CC (UMQCC) IS MA UP OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND TERSEX PEOPLE WHO ARE LLED, MISSNED, AND ORDAED CLERGY THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH.
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL
OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH
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."The UMC Wtern Jurisdictn, which enpass the wtern U.S. (AP Photo/Sid Hastgs)Bridgeforth's promotn to bishop was vlatn of the UMC Book of Disciple, which prohibs the ordatn of practicg homosexuals.The Wtern Jurisdictn also appoted the first openly lbian bishop UMC history when they unanimoly elected Karen Oliveto 2016. Her ordatn was emed valid by the Uned Methodist Judicial Council 2017, but she remas her posn.HIGH-RANKING CHURCH OF ENGLAND OFFICIALS ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE: ‘RANK HERESY’The UMC, which is the third-largt Prottant nomatn the U.S., has faced a growg divi recent years as ngregatns creasgly part the male over issu of LGBTQ rights and church ernment.At a special ssn of the General Conference 2019, the UMC voted 438-384 to uphold the church’s bans on ordag LGBTQ clergy and officiatg at or hostg same-sex weddgs.
Bishop Karen Oliveto, the UMC's first openly gay bishop, speaks at Iliff School of Theology, on April 26, 2017, Denver, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Imag)The UMC also adopted a disaffiliatn agreement that year, providg a path for church that disagree wh the vote to leave the nomatn through the end of 2023 "for reasons of nscience."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 anyway.John 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."COLORADO ARCHDIOCESE ADVISES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AGAINST ENROLLING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS: ‘INCOMPATIBLE GOALS’"No one forced Mr. Bridgeforth is the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected bishop.
Regnal meetgs this month that clud the electn of s send openly gay bishop.
UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
”They also passed non-bdg measur askg anyone to whdraw om learship rol if they're planng to leave the nomatn soon — a tegory that almost entirely clus nservativ movg toward the nomatn still officially bans same-sex marriage and the ordatn of any “self-avowed, practicg homosexual, ” and only a legislative gatherg lled the General Conference n change that. He is the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected bishop. A vote by a 2019 General Conference was the latt of several recent s that rerced the church's ban on gay clergy and marriage.
UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: An openly gay bishop is at the center of a ntroversy over the role of LGBTQ people The Uned Methodist Church. Jog me now is Bishop you so much for g on the program, OLIVETO: Thank you so much for havg me, So the urt gave somethg of a muddled lg sayg that you are good standg, but that the nsecratn of an openly gay bishop is agast church law. Were you openly gay om - sce you first beme a pastor?
UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
This seems to be the issue, as far as I unrstand - not that you are gay but that you are quote, unquote, "sexually active. " The church's book of disciple stat the followg - and I'm quotg here - "the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.
THE UNED METHODIST QUEER CLERGY CC (UMQCC) IS MA UP OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND TERSEX PEOPLE WHO ARE LLED, MISSNED, AND ORDAED CLERGY THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH.
Therefore, self-avowed practicg homosexuals are not to be certified as ndidat, ordaed as misters or appoted to serve The Uned Methodist Church.
One, when we put the phrase, 1972, although we do not ndone the practic of homosexualy and nsir patible wh Christian teachg, there was no discsn of what the practice of homosexualy entails. And I thk we've raised the opn - our opn on human sexualy and homosexualy, to an I thk that has ed this wi divisn the church. A married gay clergyman om California was among 13 new bishops elected by Uned Methodist legat to five regnal U.
The electn of Cedrick Bridgeforth marks the send time The Uned Methodist Church’s Wtern Jurisdictn has elected an LGBTQ clergyperson spe the nomatn’s ban on gay misters. After an electoral impasse emerged between a clergywoman om the strongly tradnalist Wtern Pennsylvania Conference and a dynamic, openly gay clergyman om the New England Conference, legat voted to postpone electn of a send bishop until 2024.
UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL
Cedrick Bridgeforth, a Black, openly gay, married clergyman om Los Angel, has emphasized learship excellence and tn his mistry. ”Showg the new normal, a send openly partnered, gay activist bishop, Cedric Bridgeforth, was elected the Wtern Jurisdictn, and a third me historilly close to beg elected the Northeast, openly breakg longstandg l banng “self-avowed, practicg homosexual” clergy.