A mtee wh the Uned Methodist Church has affirmed a proposal on acceptg LGBT clergy and gay marriage. Ron Cogswell/Flickr 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
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- OVER 6,000 UNED METHODIST NGREGATNS VOTED TO LEAVE THE NOMATN AS BE MORE FLEXIBLE WH GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ+ MISTERS
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
- UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
- WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO
- HUNDREDS OF TEXAS METHODIST CHURCH VOTE TO SPL OM NOMATN AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTG OVER GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
- METHODISTS STRENGTHEN STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE AND OPENLY LGBT CLERGY
OVER 6,000 UNED METHODIST NGREGATNS VOTED TO LEAVE THE NOMATN AS BE MORE FLEXIBLE WH GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ+ MISTERS
Ameri’s largt male Prottant nomatn had planned to meet this week for a likely vote to spl over differenc on gay marriage and LGBTQ pastors. * umc gay marriage vote *
Regnal meetgs this month that clud the electn of s send openly gay bishop. The nomatn still officially bans same-sex marriage and the ordatn of any “self-avowed, practicg homosexual, ” and only a legislative gatherg lled the General Conference n change that.
He is the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected bishop. A vote by a 2019 General Conference was the latt of several recent s that rerced the church’s ban on gay clergy and marriage.
One-fifth of Uned Methodist ngregatns the Uned Stat have received permissn to leave the nomatn over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. This year alone, 4, 172 ngregatns left, acrdg to an unofficial tally by Uned Methodist News the church forbids the marriage or ordatn of “self-avowed, practicg homosexuals, ” many church and nferenc fy those bans. Conservativ May 2022 officially lnched a new Global Methodist Church, where they plan to mata and enforce bans on thgs that clu gay misters and same-sex weddgs.
UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE
The Uned Methodist Church moved toward beg more progrsive and LGBTQ-affirmg durg U.S. regnal meetgs this month that clud the electn of s send openly gay bishop. Conservativ say the velopments will only accelerate their ex om one of the natn’s largt Prottant nomatns. * umc gay marriage vote *
Recent shifts the church2019: A vote by a General Conference was the latt of several recent s that rerced the church’s ban on gay clergy and marriage. Many wh the nomatn are seekg to reverse bans on the ordatn of gay and lbian misters and officiatns of gay weddgs. LGBTQ+ rponseWhile some partg church allow LGBTQ+ members, ’s an unacceptable double standard when they let LGBTQ+ people attend their servic but refe to marry them, said Sonja Feist, print of the Topeka chapter of Parents, Fay and Friends of Lbians and told The Capal-Journal she didn't see how a church that bans same-sex marriage n claim to be welg to gay people.
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. 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.
UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
* umc gay marriage vote *
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. Bridgeforth is the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected bishop.
”They also passed non-bdg measur askg anyone to whdraw om learship rol if they're planng to leave the nomatn soon — a tegory that almost entirely clus nservativ movg toward the nomatn still officially bans same-sex marriage and the ordatn of any “self-avowed, practicg homosexual, ” and only a legislative gatherg lled the General Conference n change that. A vote by a 2019 General Conference was the latt of several recent s that rerced the church's ban on gay clergy and marriage.
WH SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE LAYED, UNED METHODISTS FACE A YEAR LIMBO
David Gura speaks wh Rev. 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. * umc gay marriage vote *
The spl, anized by more nservative church members, after years of fightg that stems om the UMC’s more clive stanc when to ngregants and s acceptance of gay marriage and other divis that mirror, and are likely to tensify, Ameri’s broar, ongog polarizatn. He referenced a scripture that stcts them to prepare a way for God, and closg the church to gay members go agast that. “And I feel, stead of preparg a way wh that mass of people, who happen to be gay, we’re makg a block that don’t let them .
As the sexual revolutn and other progrsive social movements of the 1960s ntued to flourish more liberal parts of the untry, the UMC attempted to rencile s ranks’ divergent views on gay rights and other the UMC’s 1972 meetg, Don Hand, a San Anton lawyer and Methodist layman sought what he thought was a promise on the issue: An amendment to the fah group’s doctral stanc that said all people were created equal by God, but that homosexualy was nohels “patible” wh Christian beliefs. “We do not ndone the practice of homosexualy, and nsir this practice patible wh Christian doctre, ” Hand, wrote at the 16-word addn, known as the “patibily clse, ” has only grown more ntent the 50 years sce, as Amerins — cludg many Methodists — creasgly accept same-sex marriage.
And, after the Uned Stat legalized same-sex marriage, Amerin misters were forced to ci whether they’d ndone gay Lonsdale Bledsoe, the pastor of St.
HUNDREDS OF TEXAS METHODIST CHURCH VOTE TO SPL OM NOMATN AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTG OVER GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN
After days of passnate bate, liberatn, and prayer—and years of tensn—the Uned Methodist Church (UMC) voted Tuday to mata s tradnal stance agast same-sex marriage and non-celibate gay clergy, bolstered by a growg nservative ntgent om Ai.
UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
The Tradnal Plan prerv existg UMC posns and adds further acuntabily measur for those who vlate them by performg same-sex ceremoni or ordag gay clergy. Though Methodist views have shifted, Pew reported that they are still ls likely than male Prottants overall to say homosexualy should be accepted (60% of Methodists vs. The One Church Plan, backed by the UMC’s bishops, would have allowed dividual pastors, church, and regnal bodi to follow their own nscience on the issu of homosexual marriage and ordatn.
METHODISTS STRENGTHEN STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE AND OPENLY LGBT CLERGY
Siarly, the Queer Clergy Cc’s “Simple Plan” was also feated, though the discsn brought passnate ttimony om gay legat at the nference. “After watchg yterday’s proceedgs … they feel their church is exhibg self as beg agast gay people.