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

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." * gay bishop in umc *

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. ”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.

The growg uc of gay activist bishops will creasgly refe the nomatn. But the gay activist bishops’ lavish, six-figure salari are subsidized annually by apportnments taken om Uned Methodist offerg plat across the untry. Uned Methodist bishops the Wtern Jurisdictn are facg a plat accg them of vlatg church law wh the nsecratn of the nomatn’s send openly gay and married bishop.

UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN

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. * gay bishop in umc *

A Uned Methodist pastor South Carola has filed a plat agast all Wtern Jurisdictn bishops, accg them of vlatg church law wh the nsecratn of the nomatn’s send openly gay and married bishop. Timothy McClendon of South Carola leads legat prayer before a vote to strengthen church bans related to homosexualy on the last day of the 2019 special General Conference St.

McClendon has a filed a plat and ved others to sign on followg the nsecratn of the nomatn’s send openly gay and married bishop.

COMPLAT FILED AGAST GAY BISHOP'S NSECRATN

The Uned Methodist Church still bans the officiatg of same-sex weddgs and the ordatn of “self-avowed practicg” gay clergy. But McClendon’s plat is a remr that tradnalists who support the nomatn’s current stance on homosexualy rema part of the nomatn. Bridgeforth, an Ain Amerin, is the first openly gay man to be elected bishop The Uned Methodist Church.

The Wtern Jurisdictn, which has long opposed nomatnal bans related to LGBTQ dividuals, prevly elected Bishop Karen Oliveto — the nomatn’s first openly gay and married bishop. After Oliveto’s electn and nsecratn 2016, the Judicial Council — the nomatn’s top urt — led that the nsecratn of a gay bishop vlat church law.

UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L

The special General Conference 2019 also passed legislatn that prohibs bishops “om nsecratg bishops who are self-avowed practicg homosexuals, even if they have been duly elected.

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. 

McClendon, a legate at the 2019 General Conference, ma the motn for the vote that ultimately passed the Tradnal Plan, which clud that and other legislatn affirmg the church’s current bans related to noncelibate gay clergy and same-sex weddgs. 4, 2022, shortly after beg elected by legat of the Wtern Jurisdictn to be the first openly gay black bishop The Uned Methodist Church. Bridgeforth, who has served as the California-Pacific Conference’s director of novatn and munitn, beme the first openly gay Ain Amerin bishop the UMC.

”Bridgeforth’s electn go agast the UMC Book of Disciple, which prohibs the ordatn of “self-avowed practicg homosexuals, ” and th do not allow them to bee Christian Post reached out to the Wtern Jurisdictn for ment, however, a spokperson explaed that they were unable to rpond by prs time due to travel schl and Lomperis of the Instute on Relign & Democracy, who has served as a UMC General Conference legate the past, viewed Bridgeforth's electn as part of a broar shift among UMC learship to embrace views that are ntrary to tradnal Christian teachg.

”For the past several years, the UMC has been embroiled a divisive bate over whether to change s official l barrg same-sex marriage and noncelibate homosexual ordatn. Although efforts by theologil progrsiv to change the nomatn’s l have nsistently failed, many have openly refed to enforce the standards regardg marriage and 2016, the Wtern Jurisdictn unanimoly elected Karen Oliveto to be bishop of the UMC Mounta Sky Area, makg her the first openly gay bishop the history of the the UMC’s hight urt, the Uned Methodist Judicial Council, led 2017 that Oliveto’s electn was valid, as of November of this year, she remas and other events have prompted many theologil nservativ recent months to leave the male nomatn and jo the newly created Global Methodist Church.

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