>>So are the various churches in the Methodist movement.
The people in the pews are against, but the decision-makers are not. I left the UMC last week because of what I saw at FL Annual Conference this year (and last). You don’t know the depths of the socialist evil that has crept into such a wonderful movement over the last 50 years until you’ve been to AC or GC.
The seminary-trained clergy is overwhelmingly liberal.
They have a heavy hand in choosing the lay delegates to AC.
The delegates to AC choose the delegates to GC.
If it wasn’t for the African conference, the UMC would have had gay pastors 6 years ago.
The Book of Discipline still hasn't changed on either of those issues you cite.
I left the UMC last week because of what I saw at FL Annual Conference this year (and last). You don’t know the depths of the socialist evil that has crept into such a wonderful movement over the last 50 years until you’ve been to AC or GC. The seminary-trained clergy is overwhelmingly liberal. They have a heavy hand in choosing the lay delegates to AC. The delegates to AC choose the delegates to GC.
I was actually at the IN Annual Conference back at the tail-end of April. We have a thriving Confessing Movement presence. INAC is probably the most evangelical/conservative AC outside of the Southeastern Jurisdiction and I'm not really concerned about whether my clergy are political liberals/moderates. God doesn't endorse one political brand, after all.
Sorry to hear you left the fight.