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.
Contents:
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP SPE MARRIAGE BAN
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
- UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
- 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
- COMPLAT FILED AGAST GAY BISHOP'S NSECRATN
- OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH
- FIRST OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP STAYS, SUBJECT TO CHURCH REVIEW
UNED METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP SPE MARRIAGE BAN
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The wtern district of the Uned Methodist church (UMC) elected an openly gay bishop on Friday, spe s ban on same-sex relatnships. Oliveto, 58, one of three gay clerics nomated to bee bishops US electns this week, is pastor of Gli Memorial Uned Methodist church San Francis, which scrib self as “a radilly clive, jt and lovg muny mobilized to alleviate sufferg and break the cycl of poverty and margalizatn” is the first openly gay bishop the UMC, which has 12.
Though same-sex marriag have been legal across the US sce a supreme urt cisn June 2015, Methodist l say “the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg”. Several regnal districts, however, have appoted gay clergy and allowed same-sex weddgs.
Some such s have led to trials unr the church legal June, Matt Berryman, executive director of the Methodist LGBTI advocy group Rencilg Mistri Network (RMN), told the webse ThkProgrs: “Three [openly gay] ndidat beg nomated is yet another ditn that there is a groundswell of grassroots movement wh the church to remedy equaly. ”The Rev Rob Renoe, print of Good News, an evangelil anizatn which seeks to uphold the UMC’s stance on homosexualy, said: “If the wtern jurisdictn wanted to ph the church to the brk of schism, they uld not have found a more certa way of dog so.
UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'
The Wtern Jurisdictn of the Uned Methodist Church promoted an openly gay clergyman to the rank of bishop fiance of their l prohibg the ordatn of "practicg homosexuals." * gay united methodist bishop *
”The other gay clerics nomated for electn were the Rev Frank Wulf and the Rev David, pastor of Uned Universy Church Los Angel, whdrew om the ballot by which Oliveto was 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. 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.
UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN
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Bishop Karen Oliveto, the UMC's first openly gay bishop, speaks at Iliff School of Theology, on April 26, 2017, Denver, Colorado.
UMC BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP FIANCE OF NOMATN'S L
"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. ”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.
”In July 2016, Oliveto beme the first openly gay bishop the UMC when the Wtern Jurisdictn unanimoly elected her bishop of the Mounta Sky Area, a regnal body that clus ngregatns Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyomg and Idaho.
UNED METHODISTS ELECT MARRIED GAY CLERGYMAN AMONG 13 NEW BISHOPS WHO REPRENT MANY OTHER FIRSTS
"It is not lawful for the llege of bishops of any jurisdictnal or central nference to nsecrate a self-avowed practicg homosexual bishop, " read the cisn, as reported by the Uned Methodist News Service.
"However, Oliveto remas bishop pendg new velopments om a “plat supervisg mtee” and the nomatn’s special ssn of General Conference, schled for next Febary, which the Church might adopt measur overturng the ban on noncelibate homosexual Michael Gryboski on Twter or FacebookFree Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post. For the Global Methodist Church, would be a terrible mistake to thk that after we separate, we will no longer have to “al wh” or proactively addrs homosexualy or transgenrism.
COMPLAT FILED AGAST GAY BISHOP'S NSECRATN
4, 2022, shortly after beg elected by legat of the Wtern Jurisdictn to be the first openly gay black bishop The Uned Methodist Church.
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.
”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. ”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.
OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH
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.
FIRST OPENLY GAY UNED METHODIST BISHOP STAYS, SUBJECT TO CHURCH REVIEW
Even among active Uned Methodist bishops who claim that “they are upholdg the Disciple, ” and who have ed prevented their nferenc om havg gay weddgs or non-celibate gay clergy, there are three major areas where such Uned Methodist bishops still fail to uphold the Disciple.