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

Contents:

• UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
• THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE
• CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS
• 2 TEXAS UNED METHODIST CHURCH APPROVE OF HOSTG GAY WEDDGS
• 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

A mtee wh the Uned Methodist Church has affirmed a proposal on acceptg LGBT clergy and gay marriage. Gay clergy and same-sex marriage may be allowed at Uned Methodist Church thanks to a proposal drafted by the Connectnal Table, a rpected ternatnal body of clergy members and lay people the church.

On Tuday, the mtee affirmed the proposal to remove church legislatn that punish clergy for beg “self-avowed practicg homosexuals” or officiatg gay weddgs, the Uned Methodist Church News Service reported.

THE UNED METHODIST CHURCH AND GAY MARRIAGE

If passed, clergy members would not face punishment, church trials or be ocked if they officiated same-sex weddgs or me out as gay. This was the realy for Uned Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, who was ocked November 2013 and restated last October after officiatg the weddg of his gay son. While the church reversed s cisn on technil grounds, rather than those related to s posn on homosexualy, church lears saw the reversal as a signal toward full cln of s LGBT members.

However, remas a small step until the church pletely remov s negative language on homosexualy.

CLERGY WON'T BE FORCED TO PERFORM GAY WEDDGS IF UMC CHANG S STANCE, PASTORS PANEL SAYS

" LGBT people who are “self-avowed” and “practicg” homosexualy also are forbidn om beg ordaed.

Homosexualy has been bated by church lears for more than four s. In January, a Methodist mister om Alabama told his 560-member ngregatn that homosexualy is not a s. The Uned Methodist Church and Gay Marriage by Dr.

2 TEXAS UNED METHODIST CHURCH APPROVE OF HOSTG GAY WEDDGS

Here is an overview of the church’s stance on homosexualy and the implitns of the Supreme Court’s Uned Methodist Church is shaped on this issue by three basic prcipl:1) We are a Biblil church. ” So our church membership clus nservative Republins and liberal Democrats, people wh all different perspectiv on abortn, and people wh var opns about gay marriage.

Every four years, Uned Methodist legat om across the nnectn gather together the General Conference, which seeks to discern God’s will for the prent day and mak cisns that ern every lol the general subject of homosexualy, the General Conferenc of years past have adopted a basic posn, which is set forth our book of church l, lled The Disciple. All persons need the mistry of the church their stggl for human fulfillment, as well as the spirual and emotnal re of a fellowship that enabl rencilg relatnships wh God, wh others, and wh Uned Methodist Church do not ndone the practice of homosexualy and nsirs this practice patible wh Christian teachg.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Ceremoni that celebrate homosexual unns shall not be nducted by our misters and shall not be nducted our affirm that God’s grace is available to all. We implore fai and church not to reject or nmn lbian and gay members and iends. At the next General Conference, the reprentatn of legat will be as follows:USA 58% Ai 30% Philipp 6% Europe 5% South Ameri 1%This has signifint implitns for the gay marriage issue.

At the past two General Conferenc, the vote to reta the prent language on homosexualy has prevailed by a marg of approximately what do the future hold, and what is the prent impact of the Supreme Court cisn?

Sce those l stipulate that “ceremoni that celebrate homosexual unns shall not be nducted by our misters and shall not be nducted our church, ” there will be no gay weddgs our church. For more rmatn regardg the Uned Methodist Church’s stance on the Supreme Court’s cisn regardg gay marriage, click here to view a statement by our bishop, John L. The Church “implor fai and church not to reject or nmn lbian and gay members and iends.

UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN

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.

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

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. In 2019, a special ssn of General Conference met specifilly to addrs ongog, unrolved divisns regardg homosexualy.