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Business wise, It has been quite a day here at General Conference. It was announced early in the morning that our entire day would be focused on the petitions and legislation relating to homosexuality. No matter what side of the fence you sit on as you think about this particular issue if you have a love for God and a deep and abiding love for your neighbor, this is the kind of day that breaks your heart. If you love the church and its people, today is a day that hurts because the church we love and the body we...

Lesbian minister faces a church trial: Proceeding could presage a split in Methodism By WYATT BUCHANAN, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER ELLENSBURG -- Karen Dammann never chose to take on the Methodist church. She chose to be a minister, a right that women in the church have had since 1956. Then she fell in love, with a woman named Meredith Savage. When Meredith gave birth to a son five years ago, Dammann adopted him. In 2001, Dammann decided that she could not live in the closet and minister at the same time -- she felt dishonest to herself and to her parishioners....

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In an attempt to counter criticism that it's unyielding support of abortion runs counter to the Christian religious views of most Americans, Planned Parenthood has announced it has hired a national chaplain to advocate the "spiritual side" of abortion advocacy. The national abortion business appointed Rev. Ignacio Castuera, senior pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church in the Watts community of Los Angeles, as its chaplain. "His expertise in offering spiritual insight and guidance to the reproductive health movement is invaluable," Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt said. The appointment is also an attempt by the abortion...

1/16/04 12:39:00 AM To: City and State desks, Political Reporter Contact: Ricardo Davis of Constitution Party of Georgia 770-924-8546; ga@constitutionparty.com ATLANTA, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a public statement the Constitution Party of Georgia (CPGa) raised concerns over the current efforts of Gov. Perdue to amend the Georgia Constitution to encourage state funding of church ministries involved in charitable works. State Chairman Ricardo Davis of Woodstock stated that "Senate Resolution 560, the Faith-Based Initiative Amendment (FBIA), may undermine the ability of state-funded Christian ministries to communicate the life-changing message of the Gospel by limiting their Constitutionally-guaranteed right to free...

Lesbian minister likely facing church trial By PEGGY ANDERSEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE (AP) - A United Methodist minister who told her bishop that she is a lesbian will likely face a church trial that could mean her removal from the pulpit, but says she prefers that to hiding her sexual orientation. "I take this over one minute in the closet," the Rev. Karen Dammann said Tuesday in a telephone interview from the First United Methodist Church in Ellensburg, about 100 miles of Seattle. The denomination's Book of Discipline bars "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals" from being ordained or serving as pastors. On...

In the wake of the apostasy of a majority of the Episcopalian leadership I have been posting small portions of this book here and there. I thought a longer excerpt might be in order. What follows is an excerpt from Gary North's "Crossed Fingers: How the Liberals Took Over the Northern Presbyterian Church." This book draws a critical conclusion - that a similar strategy was used in the left's hostile takeover of every major Protestant denomination, and every major American cultural institution. America's worldview made a catastrophic shift from Judeo-Christian to evolutionary by the mid-20th century. He also argues (and...

Church vandals create an unholy mess Ron Rittenhouse/The Dominion Post photos Charles Long (above right) attempts to knock out what's left of one of Oak Forest United Methodist Church's windows that vandals tossed rocks, bricks and pipes through on two different nights this week. The damage is not covered by church insurance, officials said. Long and Geneva Wolfe (above left), treasurer for Oak Forest United Methodist Church in rural western Monongalia County, survey the damage dealt by vandals this week. Above them a stained glass arch stands over the 120-year-old church entrance inside a foyer that was built years later....