Methodists are pretty liberal, possibly not a born again reverend but just an ordained Methodist minister, liberal of course. I don’t know him so I can’t really say, but MOST methodist ministers seem to be more liberal than conservative.
That's a reasonable response, however Corbin whatever his name is made a really stupid response about Methodists.
I am an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. I was ordained in 1983 and have served continuously since that time. I am also a retired active duty Army Chaplain; I served as a United Methodist. I attended Asbury Seminary, from which I received my MDiv, and I have an additional masters degree from Kansas State University.
I have been on Free Republic for a long time, since 1998, and I can hardly be described as a liberal.
Our denomination is NOT the most liberal of the mainline denominations, and if the truth be known, it is more moderate to conservative than any of the other mainlines...the Southern Baptists have seldom been included as mainline protestant.
The PCUSA, LCA, ECUSA, UCC...all the traditional mainlines are more liberal than we are.
At our just concluded 4 year General Conference, the ONLY official voice of the UMC, we made our statement on the sanctity of life STRICTER and not more lenient. We made our statement on homosexuality STRICTER and not more lenient.
Anyone familiar with our denomination knows that the conservative to moderate element of our ministers outvotes the liberal element by 65% to 35%. They know that the bulk of our people, about 85% are conservative to moderate and not liberal.
George Bush is a far better conservative example of an average United Methodist than is this pastor in Washington DC.
Do we have a large and radical element in the church that we have been fighting for decades? Yep. No doubt about it. But, they are slowly losing and we are slowly winning. It is slow going because of the nature of our church government. The General Conference meets only once every four years and that for only 10 days.
Change happens EXTREMELY SLOWLY in the UMC.