Posted on 11/27/2011 6:32:47 PM PST by massmike
Perhaps they should retitle their slogan “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Legs” as Mike S. Adams did in this excellent column a few years ago:
http://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2007/01/31/open_hearts,_open_minds,_and_open_legs/print
Personally, I am a Methodist. I was raised in the church. However, early on I was taught that there was a significant difference between Wesleyan Methodists and United Methodists. Frankly I am surprised they did this. I stopped going to United Methodist churches years ago. Wesleyan Methodist churches are not easy to find in Arizona.
Obviously I’m not a Methodist :)
Thanks for the informative history.
“Wesleyan Methodist Churches are not easy to find in Arizona”
They are almost impossible to find in New York! I, too, recognize the vast difference between a Wesleyan Methodist and a United Methodist, the latter being much more liberal. I attended a United Methodist Church for years during the time that this particular church was blessed with a spirit filled Pastor. When he retired it was impossible to replace him. The congregation was presented with either incompetents or with women ministers. They finally settled on an Asian pastor from Connecticut. But he,like most of the leadership in the modern Methodist church, lacked any kind of scriptural insight and proceeded to give the standard 15-20 minute sermonette which lacked any kind of biblical backbone. In addition, he refused to condemn either abortion or homosexuality even when a few congregants asked him to take a stand. I did leave this church with great sadness as Methodism is the doctrinal stance that I hold in life, although I now attend a Baptist church. I have searched literally for years for a Methodist church that is conservative and strictly biblically based but have never found one in my regional area (Long Island). I heard that elsewhere in the USA, Methodism is more traditional but I feel that the damage was already done back in the ‘60s when the Methodist Episcopal Church joined the United Brethren Church to become United Methodism.
Your story is similar to mine. I was raised a Methodist. But the Methodist Church left me years ago.
Elian Gonzalez was one of the final straws. The UMC supporting Obamacare was the end. You may find a local congregation that is biblically based but the national level church is chock-full of liberals and refugees from the 1960’s. One member of my former church said that (regarding Obamacare) was ‘just the national church’. Well, IMHO, that’s the same mindset that has gotten us in such a mess politically.
So, no more. I attend a Baptist church now. They have welcomed me with open arms. The pastor preaches the Gospel in a way I haven’t heard in years. My soul is fed now. I didn’t realize I was spiritually starving until I was fed.
Shame on the UMC for leaving the Gospel.
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