Openly Gay Bishop At Center Of Controversy In Uned Methodist Church : NPR

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

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.

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

”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. ”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. 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. ”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.

UNED METHODISTS ELECT ANOTHER GAY BISHOP, SET LIBERAL NEW DIRECTN

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. "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.

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

"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. 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.

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. ”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.

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. 6) to require bishops to block the missng or ordatn of openly partnered gay an or elr ndidat (“even if the dividual has been remend by the Board of Ordaed Mistry and approved by the clergy ssn of the annual nference”), to prevent the clergy ssn om even votg on such ndidat, and om nsecratg as a new bishop any openly partnered gay dividual (“even if they have been duly elected by the jurisdictnal or central nference”). Furthermore, last November, multiple Uned Methodist bishops openly broke the Disciple by nsecratg another openly partnered gay activist to bee a new bishop.

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.

COMPLAT FILED AGAST GAY BISHOP'S NSECRATN

Cedrick Bridgeforth, a Black, openly gay, married clergyman om Los Angel, has emphasized learship excellence and tn his mistry. Uned Methodist bishops the Wtern Jurisdictn are facg a plat accg them of vlatg church law wh the nsecratn of the nomatn’s send openly gay and married bishop.

A Uned Methodist pastor South Carola has filed a plat agast all Wtern Jurisdictn bishops, accg them of vlatg church law wh the nsecratn of the nomatn’s send openly gay and married bishop. Timothy McClendon of South Carola leads legat prayer before a vote to strengthen church bans related to homosexualy on the last day of the 2019 special General Conference St.

OPENLY GAY BISHOP AT CENTER OF CONTROVERSY IN UNED METHODIST CHURCH

McClendon has a filed a plat and ved others to sign on followg the nsecratn of the nomatn’s send openly gay and married bishop.

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

The Uned Methodist Church still bans the officiatg of same-sex weddgs and the ordatn of “self-avowed practicg” gay clergy.

But McClendon’s plat is a remr that tradnalists who support the nomatn’s current stance on homosexualy rema part of the nomatn.

Bridgeforth, an Ain Amerin, is the first openly gay man to be elected bishop The Uned Methodist Church. The Wtern Jurisdictn, which has long opposed nomatnal bans related to LGBTQ dividuals, prevly elected Bishop Karen Oliveto — the nomatn’s first openly gay and married bishop.