David Gura speaks wh Rev. Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors.
Contents:
- UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
- METHODISTS SEIZE NTROL OF ROGUE ANTI-GAY CHURCH
UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
Conservativ have officially parted ways wh the Uned Methodist Church (UMC) after years of bate on same-sex marriage and the ordatn of openly gay pastors. * global methodist gay *
Uned Methodists have long bated LGBTQ rights the church, cludg the ordatn of LGBTQ clergy and a clergy's thory to marry same-sex upl, for bate reached an flectn pot 2016 after hundreds of Uned Methodist clergy me out as gay and when a regnal nference elected the first openly lbian bishop. Ultimately, legat approved a proposal that did not fundamentally change the nomatn's stance on sexualy, which ntu to say "the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.
The Church “implor fai and church not to reject or nmn lbian and gay members and iends.
METHODISTS SEIZE NTROL OF ROGUE ANTI-GAY CHURCH
The formatn of the new nomatn was spurred by events 2016 when hundreds of Uned Methodist clergy me out as gay and when a regnal nference elected the first openly lbian bishop. * global methodist gay *
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.