Haha, all the companies involved in the Israeli "aggression" are so profitable, hopefully the Methodist bastards will bankrupt their pension in no time!
Posted on 06/26/2007 12:59:05 PM PDT by ZAKJAN2
Whereas, the illegal violent and deadly activities of occupation such as the destruction of Palestinian homes and economy, and confiscation of Palestinian land are made possible by the use of armored bulldozers, helicopter gunships, tanks and other equipment sold by multinational corporations;
Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church calls upon the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits (GBOPHB) and the General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) to determine which corporations, into which church investments have been made, profit from the occupation, including:
* demolition of Palestinian homes. * construction of the wall, * destruction of Palestinian economy, * confiscation of Palestinian land, or * perpetration or support of violence against Israelis or Palestinians;
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Pre Conference Booklet The Baltimore - Washington Conference Of The United Methodist Church 223rd Annual Session May 24-26, 2007 The Baltimore-Washington Conference 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia, MD 21046-2132 Phone = (800) 492-2525, or (410) 309-3400 Fax = (410) 309-9794 To contact the Baltimore-Washington Conference, please fill out and submit the form below. Be sure to include your e-mail address so we may respond to you. Form here: http://www.bwcumc.org/contact.asp BWC Personnel: http://www.bwcumc.org/page.asp?PKValue=514
I resigned my family’s 10 year old membership from our Methodist Church here in Texas last week after discussing whether or not the Bible is the literal word of God. Uur new pastor hesitated and then hem-hawed around finally saying it was open to interpretation in some cases.
What’s a Palestinian Economy?
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The particular points of discussion were openly practicing sodomites in the church membership and leadership, immigration stance, lack of a rock solid no-holds-barred abortion stance, and 1st Timothy prohibition on women pastors.
Had been brewing for a while.
The UM church is getting more and more liberal. Before hubby and I left the UMC, there was a ‘confessing’ movement to try to bring the church back to biblical beliefs. Doesn’t seem to have gained much ground.
I find this interesting. I have been looking for a church in my area that really preaches the Word of God without compromise. A friend recommended a local Methodist church. Welllll, I guess not.
Take away their tax exempt status.
Some UMC churches are pretty conservative. You have to shop around.
Haha, all the companies involved in the Israeli "aggression" are so profitable, hopefully the Methodist bastards will bankrupt their pension in no time!
Every time Israel blows up a suicide belt factory, it puts 20 people out of work!
I am now becoming a Catholic. A difficult and not perfect choice, but Pope Benedict has a lot more going for him than the leadership of the UMC.
Aren’t they a little “late to the party” with that kinda talk?
Aren’t Palestinians destroying each other’s homes now?
There are some conservative churches but they are getting fewer under pressure of the National Conference. OUr old pastor always told me to be patient that change was coming but I see the one coming and it is not the direction he said it was coming from.
My church was a little right of middle, but our pastor moved on and we got a new one. Our new liberal pastor and some things in our conference like a woman bishop caused me to rethink where portions of my tithe were going and what was being pushed on my kids at summer camp and Sunday School.
I started in this church on behalf of my wife, who is even tired of the left creeping, so we are shopping and will more than likely end up back in SBC where I grew up.
RESOLUTION TO THE CONFERENCE (CC)
We move that the Baltimore Washington Conference petition the General Conference to delete from Paragraph 161 (G) of the Discipline the following sentence:
“The United Methodist Church does not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider[s] this practice incompatible with Christian teaching.”
The adopted text of such a petition would be as follows:
Petition to General Conference: Homosexuality Not Incompatible with Christian Teaching
A palestinian economy is a large thug class who pilfer money from NGO’s and the UN so they can spend their days praying to allah to destroy Israel.
I went to a Methodist church over Christmas because my niece was performing. The Pastor quoted something from a far left web site and led the congregation (from the readings book) in a prayer about how God forgive us for building machines of war and knocking down trees.
He then gave a sermon about how he was upset about people calling God a God of judgement and how we should instead be full of joy. He used a proof text from Isaiah that started out with joy and then stated God will punish evildoers. But the pastor only read the first half!
I did notice on the web the other day an offshoot from the Methodists known as Primitive Methodists. Some of them look a little more Jesus centered.
My UMC adheres to it’s Wesleyan roots. The Methodists are a pretty diverse bunch...some are liberal, and some are conservative.
I’ll tell you where you will find a basic, traditional church that subscribes to every commandment, and that is the Tridentine Mass within the Catholic Church. We are an “underground” movement with a lot of opposition within the USCCB (U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops), but if it weren’t for the Tridentine Mass, I would not be a Catholic anymore.
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