Posted on 07/19/2013 2:58:02 PM PDT by NYer
Whaaaaa?? Even for Methodists this sounds bizarre.
Just Damn! Damn their souls that is.
bump
This is as wrong as those pro-choice nuns! Or catholicsforchoice.org
Wrong all round
All the social-oriented churches quit Christianity a long time ago.
>>Even for Methodists this sounds bizarre.
The Leftists that infest the higher ranks of the UMC do not represent the views of the average member in the pews. But, the denomination has set up a system of elitism for ordination and only those who espouse certain beliefs can succeed. The rest of us know the difference between true social justice and the Marxist crap that the Progressives have piled on top of a good and Christian thing.
As far as I’m concerned these organized religions should lose their tax exempt status or just close their doors. They’re certainly not practicing what they preach. And I think that’s why they’re losing members.
Grew up as a UMC but left the church in the 80’s, as it was infested even then.
Me, too. But I left in 2001 after my pastor basically blamed 9/11 on world hunger. Then said ‘we must redistribute the wealth so that everyone has enough’. Socialism from the front of the church. I have never looked back. (I ran into another member of the church a few years later. She said they had lost half the congregation.......... but she agreed with the pastor).
Pseudo-Christians and Pseudo-Pastors
Can these people be called Christian?
No. Not Christian, they worship a fallen angel with a grudge against the God.
Ms. Julie Taylor works in the office of Children, Youth and Family Advocacy of the United Methodist Women, and Ms. Amee Paparella is the new Director and Organizer for Women's Advocacy at the General Board of church and Society of The United Methodist Church. On January 18, they posted their article, "Clearly More to Be Done," [such as cleaning house at the UMC] on the General Board of Church and Society website. Co-written, their article serves as their personal response to the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But given their positions in denominational agencies, their article also functions like an official response of The United Methodist Church to Roe’s anniversary... (The Reporter is to be heartily commended for also carrying, in the same issue, a thoughtful critique of their article by Rev. Teddy Ray.)
>>I’m just curious how long “the rest of us” are going to put up with UMC church leaders that trade biblical truth for cultural rot.
We are a denomination that is strongly into the small group so we can function as a church of Jesus Christ indefinitely, regardless of what our bishops and district superintendents believe. Wesley invented the small group (well, rediscovered them after 1300 years of Christianity ignoring them) to combat the disconnect between the clergy in the Church of England and the common folk. Our lay leadership (in the south, at least) is strong and doing a great job of leading congregations.
So why continue to support a church that differs so greatly from your own core beliefs?
>>So why continue to support a church that differs so greatly from your own core beliefs?
It doesn’t. “The Church” is the people and Christ. In the UMC, a pastor is not even a member of a local church. The Bishop has no effect on me and even the District Superintendent is someone I only speak to once a year at Charge Conference.
So, why stay? Because I believe in the Wesleyan theology and practices in my worship.
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