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Contents:

• UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
• UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
• UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
• UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
• UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL
• FIRST OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP STAYS, SUBJECT TO CHURCH REVIEW
• METHODIST HIGH COURT REJECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP’S CONSECRATN
• OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH
• METHODISTS ELECT FIRST OPENLY GAY AIN-AMERIN BISHOP
• 'BLSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS': COLORADO'S OPENLY GAY METHODIST BISHOP KAREN OLIVETO TWEETS AS CHURCH PROPOS SPL OVER GAY RIGHTS
• WTERN JURISDICTN ELECTS OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP
• METHODISTS IGNORE RUL, ELECT OPENLY GAY BISHOP

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

A regnal body of the Uned Methodist Church (UMC) voted to elect the nomatn's first openly gay Black bishop last week vlatn of s l prohibg the ordatn of "self-avowed practicg homosexuals. Her ordatn was emed valid by the Uned Methodist Judicial Council 2017, but she remas her CHURCH OF ENGLAND OFFICIALS ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE: ‘RANK HERESY’The UMC, which is the third-largt Prottant nomatn the U.

Bishop Karen Oliveto, the UMC's first openly gay bishop, speaks at Iliff School of Theology, on April 26, 2017, Denver, Colorado.

"Several nservative members of the Methodist clergy told Fox News Digal June that far om settlg the issue, however, the 2019 vote was disregard by many liberal lears wh the UMC who cid to rema the nomatn while missng openly gay clergy and officiatg same-sex weddgs Lomperis of the Instute on Relign & Democracy, who has served as a UMC General Conference legate, told The Christian Post that Bridgeforth's promotn exhibs "further direct fiance of the UMC’s official l, which is creasgly beg normalized. 4, 2022, shortly after beg elected by legat of the Wtern Jurisdictn to be the first openly gay black bishop The Uned Methodist Church.

UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L

Bridgeforth, who has served as the California-Pacific Conference’s director of novatn and munitn, beme the first openly gay Ain Amerin bishop the UMC.

UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS

”Bridgeforth’s electn go agast the UMC Book of Disciple, which prohibs the ordatn of “self-avowed practicg homosexuals, ” and th do not allow them to bee Christian Post reached out to the Wtern Jurisdictn for ment, however, a spokperson explaed that they were unable to rpond by prs time due to travel schl and Lomperis of the Instute on Relign & Democracy, who has served as a UMC General Conference legate the past, viewed Bridgeforth's electn as part of a broar shift among UMC learship to embrace views that are ntrary to tradnal Christian teachg.

UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN

”For the past several years, the UMC has been embroiled a divisive bate over whether to change s official l barrg same-sex marriage and noncelibate homosexual ordatn. Although efforts by theologil progrsiv to change the nomatn’s l have nsistently failed, many have openly refed to enforce the standards regardg marriage and 2016, the Wtern Jurisdictn unanimoly elected Karen Oliveto to be bishop of the UMC Mounta Sky Area, makg her the first openly gay bishop the history of the the UMC’s hight urt, the Uned Methodist Judicial Council, led 2017 that Oliveto’s electn was valid, as of November of this year, she remas and other events have prompted many theologil nservativ recent months to leave the male nomatn and jo the newly created Global Methodist Church.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL

A married gay clergyman om California was among 13 new bishops elected by Uned Methodist legat to five regnal U. The electn of Cedrick Bridgeforth marks the send time The Uned Methodist Church’s Wtern Jurisdictn has elected an LGBTQ clergyperson spe the nomatn’s ban on gay misters.

After an electoral impasse emerged between a clergywoman om the strongly tradnalist Wtern Pennsylvania Conference and a dynamic, openly gay clergyman om the New England Conference, legat voted to postpone electn of a send bishop until 2024. Cedrick Bridgeforth, a Black, openly gay, married clergyman om Los Angel, has emphasized learship excellence and tn his mistry.

”Showg the new normal, a send openly partnered, gay activist bishop, Cedric Bridgeforth, was elected the Wtern Jurisdictn, and a third me historilly close to beg elected the Northeast, openly breakg longstandg l banng “self-avowed, practicg homosexual” clergy. The growg uc of gay activist bishops will creasgly refe the nomatn.

FIRST OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP STAYS, SUBJECT TO CHURCH REVIEW

But the gay activist bishops’ lavish, six-figure salari are subsidized annually by apportnments taken om Uned Methodist offerg plat across the untry. Karen Oliveto, the first openly gay bishop the history of the Uned Methodist Church, at her nsecratn service July 16, 2016, at Paradise Valley Uned Methodist Church Sttsdale, Arizona.

METHODIST HIGH COURT REJECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP’S CONSECRATN

| (Photo: Charmae Robledo)A Colorado-based nference of the Uned Methodist Church led by a bishop a same-sex marriage has approved the disaffiliatn vot of 38 ngregatns leavg the nomatn amid a schism over the nomatn's stance on homosexualy. "Acrdg to numbers piled by UM News, the number of ngregatns that have left the UMC over the past uple of years over the nomatn's bate over LGBT issu stands jt below 6, 000, wh nearly 4, 000 havg left this year the past few s, the UMC has bated whether to change s official stance prohibg the ordatn of noncelibate homosexuals and the blsg of same-sex unns.

OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH

After all, this regn’s anarchic fiance of the UMC’s official bans on gay weddgs and non-celibate gay clergy has spread to the pot of two of s five active bishops beg openly partnered gay activists. This rolutn, which was ultimately adopted the Southeast after the word “ms” was replaced wh “aspir” one place, nounc ntued Uned Methodist disapproval of gay weddgs as “harmful, ” disurag enforcement of the UMC’s on-paper prohibns of gay weddgs and non-celibate gay clergy, urg church lears to “support, empower, and amplify the voic of the LGBTQIA+ muny The Uned Methodist Church, ” and enurag limg electns of new bishops to dividuals mted to this agenda.

They would be pelled by an actual, pendg liberal General Conference proposal to move, as a matter of formal policy, towards openg employment their ngregatn to cross drsers and openly partnered homosexuals. No one n fively say whether or not a gay or transgenr pastor will be appoted to any particular Uned Methodist ngregatn wh the next ten years.

Emory Universy’s Candler School of Theology went further, boastg of havg for years actively helped gay ordatn ndidat circumvent Uned Methodist standards.

METHODISTS ELECT FIRST OPENLY GAY AIN-AMERIN BISHOP

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.

'BLSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS': COLORADO'S OPENLY GAY METHODIST BISHOP KAREN OLIVETO TWEETS AS CHURCH PROPOS SPL OVER GAY RIGHTS

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

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.

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.

WTERN JURISDICTN ELECTS OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP

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.

METHODISTS IGNORE RUL, ELECT OPENLY GAY BISHOP

Reprentativ of the Uned Methodist Church have elected their first openly gay bishop, fiance of church prohibns on homosexualy.

The Uned Methodist Church, which has more than 7 ln members the Uned Stat, is divid over the issue of homosexualy. " Hgano said: "I want to see gay and lbian people walk eely. The first openly lbian bishop the Uned Methodist church n stay on the job but is subject to a disciplary review that uld lead to her removal, the church’s top urt led on Karen Oliveto’s civil marriage to another woman vlat church law that bars clergy who are “self-avowed practicg homosexuals”, the judicial uncil said.