Uned Methodist Church of Kent The Uned Methodist Church and Gay Marriage - Uned Methodist Church of Kent

Contents:

• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
• SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
• THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

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

UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN

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.

SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX 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. 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 CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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. A rabow gay pri flag fli below the U.

S., 60% of Uned Methodist members say homosexualy should be accepted, acrdg to a 2014 survey by the Pew Rearch Center. Meredh is gay and has been married sce 2016. " He says the plan don't acknowledge the historil legacy of homophobia the church, though he poted to the plan's allotment of $39 ln over four years to "support muni historilly margalized by the s of racism" as a step toward such an acknowledgement.

THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE

At least 130 ngregatns have quietly walked away om the Uned Methodist Church a schism over the nomatn’s planned acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexual clergy. The Uned Methodist Church General Conference, the church’s erng body, is expected this year to approve a separatn plan that would create two nomatns: one affirmg bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriage, and one permtg homosexual clergy and same-sex marriage.

Evangelils the Methodist Church are weighg up whether to stay or go after the Conference voted overwhelmgly favour of a rolutn to perm gay weddg ceremoni s church and chapels. The rolutn is based on the remendatns God Love Un Us, the divisive 2019 report that first proposed gay marriage ceremoni and regnn for -habg partners. He add that the first gay marriag are now expected to take place the tumn.

The vote followed an impassned bate which supporters argued that the Church was already livg wh "ntradictory nvictns" on issu like divorce, and that gay marriage should be no different. A mtee wh the Uned Methodist Church has affirmed a proposal on acceptg LGBT clergy and gay marriage.