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.
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- UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
- UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
- METHODISTS IGNORE RUL, ELECT OPENLY GAY BISHOP
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
- ELCA LUTHERANS ELECT FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL
- WTERN JURISDICTN ELECTS OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP
- GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
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”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.
But the gay activist bishops’ lavish, six-figure salari are subsidized annually by apportnments taken om Uned Methodist offerg plat across the untry.
UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
The Rev. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth’s Nov. 4 electn mak him the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected a bishop The Uned Methodist Church. * gay bishop elected *
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."The UMC Wtern Jurisdictn, which enpass the wtern U.S.
(AP Photo/Sid Hastgs)Bridgeforth's promotn to bishop was vlatn of the UMC Book of Disciple, which prohibs the ordatn of practicg homosexuals.The Wtern Jurisdictn also appoted the first openly lbian bishop UMC history when they unanimoly elected Karen Oliveto 2016. Her ordatn was emed valid by the Uned Methodist Judicial Council 2017, but she remas her posn.HIGH-RANKING CHURCH OF ENGLAND OFFICIALS ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE: ‘RANK HERESY’The UMC, which is the third-largt Prottant nomatn the U.S., has faced a growg divi recent years as ngregatns creasgly part the male over issu of LGBTQ rights and church ernment.At a special ssn of the General Conference 2019, the UMC voted 438-384 to uphold the church’s bans on ordag LGBTQ clergy and officiatg at or hostg same-sex weddgs. Bishop Karen Oliveto, the UMC's first openly gay bishop, speaks at Iliff School of Theology, on April 26, 2017, Denver, Colorado.
METHODISTS IGNORE RUL, ELECT OPENLY GAY BISHOP
As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * gay bishop elected *
(RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Imag)The UMC also adopted a disaffiliatn agreement that year, providg a path for church that disagree wh the vote to leave the nomatn through the end of 2023 "for reasons of nscience."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 anyway.John 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."COLORADO ARCHDIOCESE ADVISES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AGAINST ENROLLING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS: ‘INCOMPATIBLE GOALS’"No one forced Mr.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
(RNS) Observers say the electn of the first openly gay Lutheran bishop the Uned Stat is as signifint as the cisn to orda women clergy, but they don't expect the cisn to spl the 4 ln-member ELCA. * gay bishop elected *
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.
UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
The Wtern Jurisdictn elects the Rev. Karen Oliveto the first openly gay bishop The Uned Methodist Church. * gay bishop elected *
Bridgeforth is the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected bishop.
Regnal meetgs this month that clud the electn of s send openly gay 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. He is the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected bishop.
ELCA LUTHERANS ELECT FIRST OPENLY GAY 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. He be the first openly gay Ain-Amerin man to be elected a bishop The Uned Methodist Church.
” In 2021, he published his memoir, “Alabama Grandson: A Black, Gay Mister's Passage Out of Hidg.
| Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag. ”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry. ”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce.
UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, IN DEFIANCE OF CHURCH RUL
() - The Uned Methodist Church is electg their first openly gay bishop.
WTERN JURISDICTN ELECTS OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP
Karen Oliveto was elevated to role of bishop, a move emed ntroversial due to the church's current posn on homosexualy.
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Acrdg to the church's 2012 Book of Disciple, "[t]he practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.