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Contents:

• THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• HUNDREDS OF TEXAS METHODIST CHURCH VOTE TO SPL OM NOMATN AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTG OVER GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN
• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH IS EXPECTED TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE, ACTURG THE NATN’S THIRD-LARGT NOMATN
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE

The Uned Methodist Church and Gay Marriage by Dr. Here is an overview of the church’s stance on homosexualy and the implitns of the Supreme Court’s Uned Methodist Church is shaped on this issue by three basic prcipl:1) We are a Biblil church.

” So our church membership clus nservative Republins and liberal Democrats, people wh all different perspectiv on abortn, and people wh var opns about gay marriage. Every four years, Uned Methodist legat om across the nnectn gather together the General Conference, which seeks to discern God’s will for the prent day and mak cisns that ern every lol the general subject of homosexualy, the General Conferenc of years past have adopted a basic posn, which is set forth our book of church l, lled The Disciple.

All persons need the mistry of the church their stggl for human fulfillment, as well as the spirual and emotnal re of a fellowship that enabl rencilg relatnships wh God, wh others, and wh Uned Methodist Church do not ndone the practice of homosexualy and nsirs this practice patible wh Christian teachg.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE

Ceremoni that celebrate homosexual unns shall not be nducted by our misters and shall not be nducted our affirm that God’s grace is available to all. We implore fai and church not to reject or nmn lbian and gay members and iends.

At the next General Conference, the reprentatn of legat will be as follows:USA 58% Ai 30% Philipp 6% Europe 5% South Ameri 1%This has signifint implitns for the gay marriage issue. At the past two General Conferenc, the vote to reta the prent language on homosexualy has prevailed by a marg of approximately what do the future hold, and what is the prent impact of the Supreme Court cisn? Sce those l stipulate that “ceremoni that celebrate homosexual unns shall not be nducted by our misters and shall not be nducted our church, ” there will be no gay weddgs our church.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

For more rmatn regardg the Uned Methodist Church’s stance on the Supreme Court’s cisn regardg gay marriage, click here to view a statement by our bishop, John L. That special missn nclud wh 53 percent of church lears and lay people votg to tighten language on s same-sex marriage ban at a general nference last Febary, a measure sayg “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.

HUNDREDS OF TEXAS METHODIST CHURCH VOTE TO SPL OM NOMATN AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTG OVER GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN

Epispalians followed su 2018, expandg the right of gay ngregants to get married all ngregatns. Pope Francis has drawn acclaim for sayg “Who am I to judge gay people?, ” but the Catholic Church has shown no sign of changg s strict anti-LGBTQ doctre.

Siarly, the Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the US, ntu to margalize LGBTQ ngregants, wh msag that have bee culture-war talkg pots agast queer rights — like homosexualy is not a “valid alternative liftyle” and “genr inty is termed by blogil sex and not by one’s self-perceptn. 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.

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.

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

Based on the posns about homosexual practice and marriage, the Church has also mataed rtrictns regardg clergy. 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. 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.

WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO

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.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH IS EXPECTED TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE, ACTURG THE NATN’S THIRD-LARGT NOMATN

The impasse over homosexualy has led to uncertaty about the Church’s future.

A mtee wh the Uned Methodist Church has affirmed a proposal on acceptg LGBT clergy and gay marriage. Gay clergy and same-sex marriage may be allowed at Uned Methodist Church thanks to a proposal drafted by the Connectnal Table, a rpected ternatnal body of clergy members and lay people the church.

On Tuday, the mtee affirmed the proposal to remove church legislatn that punish clergy for beg “self-avowed practicg homosexuals” or officiatg gay weddgs, the Uned Methodist Church News Service reported. If passed, clergy members would not face punishment, church trials or be ocked if they officiated same-sex weddgs or me out as gay. This was the realy for Uned Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, who was ocked November 2013 and restated last October after officiatg the weddg of his gay son.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

While the church reversed s cisn on technil grounds, rather than those related to s posn on homosexualy, church lears saw the reversal as a signal toward full cln of s LGBT members. However, remas a small step until the church pletely remov s negative language on homosexualy. " LGBT people who are “self-avowed” and “practicg” homosexualy also are forbidn om beg ordaed.