LGBTQ Uned Methodist lears gutted by church's anti-gay cisn

Contents:

• UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
• SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• LGBTQ UNED METHODIST LEARS GUTTED BY CHURCH'S ANTI-GAY CISN
• FORT GAY UNED METHODIST CHURCH
• THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE
• OVER 6,000 UNED METHODIST NGREGATNS VOTED TO LEAVE THE NOMATN AS BE MORE FLEXIBLE WH GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ+ MISTERS
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'

UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN

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 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.

SR OF NGREGATNS QU UNED METHODIST CHURCH OVER GAY CLERGY, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

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.

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.

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

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.

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. 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.

FORT GAY UNED METHODIST CHURCH

The Uned Methodist nomatn has over 6 ln members the Uned Stat, and they're divid over the qutn of ordag gay misters.

THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE

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.

OVER 6,000 UNED METHODIST NGREGATNS VOTED TO LEAVE THE NOMATN AS BE MORE FLEXIBLE WH GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ+ MISTERS

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? 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.

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. The fightg over LGBTQ+ issu “epted full force 2019” after the General Conference of the UMC bated whether to promote homosexualy the church.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'

“Of the 46 active UMC bishops, two are openly homosexual, spe official UMC policy nyg the ordatn of LGBTQ+ persons.

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