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• UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
• FIRST OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP STAYS, SUBJECT TO CHURCH REVIEW
• UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
• METHODIST HIGH COURT REJECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP’S CONSECRATN
• UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
• UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL
• OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH
• COMPLAT FILED AGAST GAY BISHOP'S NSECRATN
• METHODISTS ELECT FIRST OPENLY GAY AIN-AMERIN BISHOP
• METHODISTS ELECT 1ST OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF BAN
• WTERN JURISDICTN ELECTS OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP
• 'BLSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS': COLORADO'S OPENLY GAY METHODIST BISHOP KAREN OLIVETO TWEETS AS CHURCH PROPOS SPL OVER GAY RIGHTS
• METHODISTS IGNORE RUL, ELECT OPENLY GAY BISHOP
• FIRST GAY METHODIST BISHOP WANTS CHURCH TO EMBRACE DIVERSY

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.

FIRST OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP STAYS, SUBJECT TO CHURCH REVIEW

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. The first openly lbian bishop the Uned Methodist church n stay on the job but is subject to a disciplary review that uld lead to her removal, the church’s top urt led on Karen Oliveto’s civil marriage to another woman vlat church law that bars clergy who are “self-avowed practicg homosexuals”, the judicial uncil said. Oliveto was elected last year to lead a Denver-area church regn that is part of the Methodist wtern jurisdictn, which has rejected the nomatn’s posn that “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg” other gay clerics, based Los Angel and Ccnati, were nomated the same electn.

UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS

That led to Friday’s lg, which the urt said bishops who nsecrate an openly gay bishop are nsired vlatn of Methodist law and subject to church lg was ma on a 6-3 vote. LGBT advot the church have stepped up prsure to lift prohibns on gay clergy. 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.

METHODIST HIGH COURT REJECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP’S CONSECRATN

Cedrick Bridgeforth, a Black, openly gay, married clergyman om Los Angel, has emphasized learship excellence and tn his mistry. AdvertisementSKIP Zalubowski/Associated PrsApril 28, 2017The Uned Methodist Church’s hight urt has led that the nsecratn of s first openly gay bishop vlated church law, poundg a bter rift over homosexualy that has brought the 13-ln-member nomatn to the brk of a 6-to-3 vote ma public on Friday, the church’s Judicial Council found that a married lbian bishop and those who nsecrated her were vlatn of their “mment to abi by and uphold the church’s fn of marriage and stance on homosexualy.

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

“It is not lawful for the College of Bishops of any jurisdictnal or central nference to nsecrate a self-avowed practicg homosexual bishop. ”The Judicial Council also cid, separate lgs, that the New York and Illois regns mt ask ndidat for the mistry about their sexualy and le out those who are gay “or any other way vlatg the church’s standards on marriage and sexualy.

Alex da Silva Souto, who is openly gay and serv as senr pastor at New Milford Uned Methodist Church Connecticut, part of the New York regn.

”Bishop Oliveto was elected by the church’s Wtern Jurisdictn last summer and assigned to oversee about 400 ngregatns Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and electn was immediately challenged by the church’s South Central Jurisdictn, which argued that the cisn vlated the church’s ban on ordag gay Oliveto did not rpond to a phone msage requtg an terview. ” While was “disappotg and disturbg” that Bishop Oliveto’s nsecratn was found to be vlatn of church law, he said, “she remas a bishop of the church” for said that the bishops of the Wtern Jurisdictn, who were gatherg Dallas advance of a larger meetg of Methodist bishops, would meet on Saturday to asss the cisn and untry’s third-largt relig nomatn, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Conventn, the Uned Methodist Church adopted language 1972 clarg that “self-avowed practicg homosexuals” may not be ordaed bee “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. Louis Febary 2019, would be dited to rolvg the church’s divisns over sexualy Judicial Council heard arguments Bishop Oliveto’s se on Tuday at a hotel Newark as more than 150 gay Methodist clergy and their supporters held a prayer vigil nearby and later celebrated munn the hearg is now up to the College of Bishops her own Wtern Jurisdictn — who have supported her until now — to ci her future by followg the church’s due Bce R.

UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN

A majory of legat om the Uned Stat have favored eher overturng the ban on ordag gay people or fdg a promise to allow same-sex marriag and gay clergy, but they have been outnumbered by the bed forc of the Ain and Asian legat and nservative Amerins, who make up the church’s evangelil DuBose/Uned Methodist News ServiceIn recent years, more and more Methodist misters have flouted the nomatn’s rtrictns and performed same-sex weddgs. In addn, more than 150 have publicly e out as gay, riskg their posns if there is a churchwi crackdown, acrdg to the Uned Methodist Queer Clergy Cc, an advocy and support group. The uc says knows of another 30 Methodist clergy who are gay but have chosen for now not to reveal their sexual Oliveto, a longtime lear the church’s gay advocy groups, was the first woman to serve as senr pastor of one of the nomatn’s 100 largt church, Gli Memorial Uned Methodist Church San Francis.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL

Keh Boyette, a pastor Virgia and a lawyer who was reprentg the South Central Jurisdictn, argued that Bishop Oliveto’s electn openly vlated l about homosexualy the church’s Book of an terview late Friday, shortly before the uncil’s lg was ma public, Mr.

OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH

“The Wtern Jurisdictn’s cisn to elect an openly gay bishop was ntrary to the Disciple of the Uned Methodist Church, and therefore their act electg that person was null, void and of no effect, ” he said. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 18 of the New York edn wh the headle: Methodist High Court Rejects Consecratn of First Openly Gay Bishop. 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.

COMPLAT FILED AGAST GAY BISHOP'S NSECRATN

”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.

”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.

METHODISTS ELECT FIRST OPENLY GAY AIN-AMERIN BISHOP

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. 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”).

METHODISTS ELECT 1ST OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF BAN

Furthermore, last November, multiple Uned Methodist bishops openly broke the Disciple by nsecratg another openly partnered gay activist to bee a new bishop. Reprentativ of the Uned Methodist Church have elected their first openly gay bishop, fiance of church prohibns on homosexualy. " The Uned Methodist Church, which has more than 7 ln members the Uned Stat, is divid over the issue of homosexualy.

WTERN JURISDICTN ELECTS OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP

Bishop Karen Oliveto's marriage to a woman vlat church law barrg clergy who are "self-avowed practicg homosexuals, " the top church urt this Wednday, April 19, 2017, photo, Bishop Karen Oliveto pos for a photo the sanctuary of a Uned Methodist Church Highlands Ranch, Colo. David Zalubowski / APApril 29, 2017, 2:42 PM UTC / Updated April 29, 2017, 2:42 PM UTC / Source: Associated PrsThe first openly lbian bishop the Uned Methodist Church n stay on the job for now, but she is subject to a disciplary review that uld lead to her removal, the top church urt led Karen Oliveto's civil marriage to another woman vlat church law that bars clergy who are "self-avowed practicg homosexuals, " the Judicial Council said. David Zalubowski / APOliveto was elected last year to lead a Denver-area church regn that is part of the Methodist Wtern Jurisdictn, which has rejected the nomatn's posn that "the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.

'BLSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS': COLORADO'S OPENLY GAY METHODIST BISHOP KAREN OLIVETO TWEETS AS CHURCH PROPOS SPL OVER GAY RIGHTS

Related: Wag Until Marriage: Gay Christians Navigate Fah, SexualyLGBTQ advot the church have stepped up prsure to lift prohibns on gay clergy.

The urt said Friday that bishops who nsecrate an openly gay bishop were nsired vlatn of Methodist law and also subject to church Methodist policy makg body has upheld the church's stand on same-sex relatnships sce 1972, even as other male Prottant groups, cludg the Epispal Church and the Prbyterian Church (U. 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.

METHODISTS IGNORE RUL, ELECT OPENLY GAY BISHOP

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. 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.

Bishop Karen Oliveto beme the church's first openly gay bishop, spe the fact that was led as patible wh church law. 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.

FIRST GAY METHODIST BISHOP WANTS CHURCH TO EMBRACE DIVERSY

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.