Methodist Denomatn Cavg to Gay Pastors the Pulp — Charisma News

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• 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. 
• HOLY HISTORY: GAY PASTORS NFIRMED TO SENR POSNS THEY WERE ONCE NIED
• 500 CLERGY SUPPORT GAY UNED METHODIST CLERGY WHO ME OUT
• 3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• DEFYG CHURCH BAN, DOZENS OF METHODIST CLERGY E OUT AS GAY AND LBIAN
• LGBTQ UNED METHODIST LEARS GUTTED BY CHURCH'S ANTI-GAY CISN
• UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
• GAY METHODIST PASTORS STAY WH CHURCH SPE LLS TO EXCLU THEM
• METHODISTS STRENGTHEN STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE AND OPENLY LGBT CLERGY

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. 

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.

HOLY HISTORY: GAY PASTORS NFIRMED TO SENR POSNS THEY WERE ONCE NIED

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. The Uned Methodist nomatn has over 6 ln members the Uned Stat, and they're divid over the qutn of ordag gay misters. She left the church for seven years and me back to be s first Black, female, openly gay pastor, and she jos now om Phoenix.

KIMBERLY SCOTT: Thank you, So this bate over ordag gay clergy has been gog on for a while, sce the late '60s.

And then the other part was always send-gusg myself - whether or not I was supposed to be open about my sexual orientatn, whether or not I was supposed to play the game of don't ask, don't Jt so that I'm clear, is the church's official stance on homosexualy today ambiguo or is pretty clearly fed and you'd like to see changed?

500 CLERGY SUPPORT GAY UNED METHODIST CLERGY WHO ME OUT

It clearly stat that you nnot be an openly-practicg homosexual and be ordaed the Uned Methodist Church.

It also stat that although all human begs are of sacred worth, homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.

3 GAY PASTORS AMONG NOME FOR BISHOP

S., church have gone beyond what the Book of Disciple says to make the church open and accsible to gay and lbian clergy like Do you know other pastors who aren't as open as you or haven't been able to be as open as you - have ma this choice to keep this important si of their liv quiet or secret om their ngregatns? The bate around homosexualy is not somethg that most Ain and third-world untri are - really re about. Kipp Nelson and a group of 14 others, which clud straight people, were nied the new rol bee he and two other people are gay.

A church divid went agast the l and nfirmed three gay pastors to senr posns — posns they were once nied jt a year ago bee of their sexualy. A South Florida pastor is hurt and dismayed after he was nied a senr posns his church bee he is openly gay. Nelson and his group, which clud straight people, were nied the new rol bee he and two other people are gay.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Uned Methodist tradnalists strictly uphold the current l which state “the church has mataed the posn that the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg, " and that “…pastors may not be “self-avowed, practicg homosexuals. 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.

DEFYG CHURCH BAN, DOZENS OF METHODIST CLERGY E OUT AS GAY AND LBIAN

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.

LGBTQ UNED METHODIST LEARS GUTTED BY CHURCH'S ANTI-GAY CISN

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.

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

UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN

A letter om 500 openly LGBTQ clergy, future pastors and fah lear a number of different nomatns offered “much love and light” to the 111 Uned Methodist clergy and ndidat who me out as gay on May 9. “Though we e om different tradns, you are our fay Christ and our siblgs the mon stggle to live fully and thentilly to our God-given inti and llgs, ” stat the letter posted on the webse Believe Out Loud, an onle muny that empowers Christians to work for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) equaly. They intify themselv as “Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Qutng, and Intersex” the letter.

GAY METHODIST PASTORS STAY WH CHURCH SPE LLS TO EXCLU THEM

The majory of legat at the 2012 General Conference voted agast a proposal to say Uned Methodists disagree whether homosexualy is agast God’s will. Gregory Gross, a an and legate om the Northern Illois Conference, said often when Uned Methodists “talk about homosexualy, we talk about as an issue. Gross, whose homels mistry clus servg gay and lbian teens who have been kicked out of their hom, said he signed the letter also to provi a wns that the teens are not alone.

The Book of Disciple, the nomatn's erng document, has stated sce 1972 that all dividuals are of sacred worth but the practice of homosexualy “is patible wh Christian teachg.

METHODISTS STRENGTHEN STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE AND OPENLY LGBT CLERGY

It lists beg a “self-avowed practicg” gay clergy member as well as officiatg at same-sex unns as chargeable offens unr church law.

He announced that he is gay durg a church panel on sexualy last year, and he is unr appotment to Rencilg Mistri Network.