Unr an agreement to be voted on May, a new “tradnalist Methodist” nomatn would ntue to ban same-sex marriage and gay and lbian clergy.
Contents:
- UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
- SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- HOW FAH-FILLED AINS SAVED THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH OM ACCEPTG GAY ‘MARRIAGE’
- CANDLER PROFSORS SPAR ON GAY MARRIAGE UNED METHODISM
UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
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. 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.
SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTUnr an agreement to be voted on May, a new “tradnalist Methodist” nomatn would ntue to ban same-sex marriage and gay and lbian clergy.
Male Heim/The Wona Daily News, via Associated PrsA group of lears of the Uned Methodist Church, the send-largt Prottant nomatn the Uned Stat, announced on Friday a plan that would formally spl the church, cg “fundamental differenc” over same-sex marriage after years of plan would sunr a nomatn wh 13 ln members globally — roughly half of them the Uned Stat — and create at least one new “tradnalist Methodist” nomatn that would ntue to ban same-sex marriage as well as the ordatn of gay and lbian clergy. Louis last Febary, when 53 percent of church lears and lay members voted to tighten the ban on same-sex marriage, clarg that “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg. Several people terviewed on Friday believed that most Amerin church would stay, though there has not been any formal a pluraly of Amerin Methodists nsir themselv nservative, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center’s Relig Landspe Study 2014, six 10 believe that homosexualy should be accepted and nearly half favor same-sex many of the church’s regnal nferenc this past summer — stat like Florida, Geia and Texas — members rpond to last year’s vote by electg legat for the upg global nference who largely supported cludg gays and lbians the full life of the church.
HOW FAH-FILLED AINS SAVED THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH OM ACCEPTG GAY ‘MARRIAGE’
After the vote last year to disallow gay clergy, ndidat for ordatn like Chet Jechura were vastated. LIBERAL MAINLINE UNITED METHODISTS SEE MORE THAN 5, 000 CONGREGATIONS LEAVE AMID ARGUMENTS OVER SEX, GENDER A gay Pri rabow flag fli wh the U. "Approximately 6, 182 ngregatns have cut their ti wh the UMC as of July 2023, acrdg to the Uned Methodist News majory of the break-off church are dog so out of dissatisfactn wh the Uned Methodist Church's ntued lay nclively lg on the stat of homosexual marriage and ordatn for LGBT dividuals.
A proment hoe of worship ― the largt Uned Methodist church Oklahoma ― has begun pursug disaffiliatn over the issue of openly gay clergy and same-sex Rev. Le's and the Uned Methodist Church is the nomatn's ban on the ordatn of openly gay clergy and same-sex marriage — and the punishments for those who vlate the prohibns.
She had officiated a weddg between two women and she herself was a lbian relatnship — or the church's language, was a "self-avowed, practicg homosexual. " The Uned Methodist Church adopted stricter anti-gay polici The Uned Methodist Church is potentially the most nservative of male Prottant nomatns the U. "That puts pretty strong nstrats on what progrsiv n do, even though they’re arguably the majory of the nomatn, " Whe a child, DeLong was raised the Uned Church of Christ, a male Prottant nomatn wh signifintly more relaxed views on the LGBTQ muny, cludg permtg lbian, gay and transgenr clergy.
CANDLER PROFSORS SPAR ON GAY MARRIAGE UNED METHODISM
Lears add the first anti-gay language to the teachgs of the church at s 1972 general nference Atlanta, Ga., wrg, "We do not ndone the practice of homosexualy and nsir patible wh Christian teachg, " and, "We do not remend marriage between two persons of the same sex. "I said, 'It's kd of tertg to me that you all know I'm gay and you're not gog to charge me for beg gay. The 13-member jury of Wisns Methodist misters found her guilty of officiatg the weddg but not of the send charge of beg a "practicg homosexual, " havg no evince that she and her partner had a physil relatnship.
At the UMC's next general nference 2012, they shut the nference down and were able to ph off a discsn of more anti-gay, anti-transgenr language. "We lament the harm experienced by our siblgs who intify as LGBTQ at the hands of the church, " the statement says, also cg a portn of their 2016 Book of Disciple, which stat that fai and church should not reject or nmn lbian and gay said he has "mted the Wisns Conference of the Uned Methodist Church to the crease of radil cln and racial jtice s life together.
The cisn me as a shock to many, as the Council of Bishops had remend that the General Conference pass the One Church Plan rponse to a growg number of vol gay clergy si the Methodist fold as well as tense prsure om LGBT members who sisted that Christiany should be nformed to their beliefs rather than the other way around. It grounds our sexual ethics Scripture when says, the UM Church do “not ndone the practice of homosexualy and nsirs [] patible wh Christian teachg.