Posted on 04/15/2024 5:38:09 PM PDT by Salman
The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology.
Now, with the approach of its first major legislative gathering in several years, the question is whether the church can avert a similar outcome elsewhere in the world, where about half its members live.
The question is particularly acute in Africa, home to the vast majority of United Methodists outside the U.S. Most of its bishops favor staying, but other voices are calling for regional conferences to disaffiliate.
At the upcoming General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, delegates will tackle a wide range of proposals – from repealing the church’s ban on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ people, to creating more autonomy for regional conferences to set such rules, to making it easier for international churches to leave the denomination.
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Therefore:
Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Be rooted in Christ!
The August 19 date refers solely to the adoption of the gaysbian agenda, NOT to the “Full Communion” agreement.
The 2030s will be an Extinction Event for the UMC. The demographics don’t lie.
They drove out enough conservatives that the liberals can now control the denomination.
What is left of it.
The feminization of the UMC is well in hand.
Africans don’t like globohomo.
African Christians are Christian.
Maybe the African Methodists will kick out the non-Christian American congregations.
The “traditionalists” (Conservatives) outside the U.S. among the United Methodist Church outnumber the “Liberals” outside the U.S. in the United Methodist Church. Africa is not alone in that regard. The schism is being felt in the UMC globally.
Someone tell me where I’m wrong. If the American UMC has shrunk by 1/4 because of conservatives leaving, doesn’t that REDUCE their influence in the worldwide UMC?
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