Posted on 04/30/2014 7:11:57 PM PDT by wonkowasright
Uh-OH! There goes another church down the drain.
Wonderful how they keep mining the Bible for new perspectives like this . . . reminds me of how our federal judges are always discovering new rights in the Constitution.
Not so much “down the drain” and “left behind”!
Just another social club.
My thoughts exactly.
What’s a “sexuality stance” in the real world?
A pose on a yoga mat?
Another church bites the dust.
They’ve been down the drain for a while,what you’re seeing now is the collapse of the decayed shell of what was once a great Church.
"Q"?
Oh, hell. The sodomites' stupid acronym just grew another letter.
That's a fact. I walked away from the Methodist Church 30 years ago.
The ministry is far more liberal than the rank and file. Here in Southern California I seriously doubt that a minister would be given anything other than a totally failing church if they were not fully behind this action and outspoken supporters of gay marriage. The certainly would never make District Superintendent let alone Bishop. Of course the Methodist Church is dying in Southern California.
The laity is not going to go for this. I’m outta here if they go this route.
Oldplayer
In other news the Methodists have decided to thumb their collective noses at God.
This is why my wife and I left First Presbyterian Church (USA). While we had a good local congregation and Pastor, the National Presbytery were a bunch of Libs masquerading as evolved Christians.
Sadly, we also recently left our second church. They have embraced the “Seeker Friendly” Growth movement espoused by Rick Warren and other mega church leaders. The goal of these churches is not to offend anyone. The result is a Sunday Morning Coffee Shop with watered down, self-help messages. Sickening!
Please note: the Connectional Table has no authority to do anything beyond propose legislation, and General Conference will smack that proposal down again in 2016. Also please note that the CT vote was 17-15, and was packed with theological liberals.
As for the UMC itself, we’re a ship that steers slow, but we’re turning away from our liberal establishment past- Asbury Theological Seminary now graduates more UMC clergy than any two of our official seminaries, and United Theological Seminary is an official seminary in the midst of an evangelical renaissance.
Your prayers for us are always appreciated.
The UMC in the US and Europe is thoroughly feminized. It has been for at least 25 years. It is not, by any traditional standard a Christian church.
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