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.
Some UMC churches are pretty conservative. You have to shop around.
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.
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.