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.
SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX 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.
HOW FAH-FILLED AINS SAVED THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH OM ACCEPTG GAY ‘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.
CANDLER PROFSORS SPAR ON GAY MARRIAGE UNED METHODISM
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. After the vote last year to disallow gay clergy, ndidat for ordatn like Chet Jechura were vastated.