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Methodist university presidents call on denomination to amend LGBTQ policies
RNS ^ | 1/10/2019 | Yonat Shimron

Posted on 01/12/2019 5:34:16 PM PST by Gamecock

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1 posted on 01/12/2019 5:34:16 PM PST by Gamecock
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“It is my disappointment and the feeling of many of my colleagues that this has been one of the reasons contributing to a decline in membership and attendance,” Miller said. “The church has not stayed current with the people it serves.”

Yeah. Sure.

2 posted on 01/12/2019 5:35:50 PM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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P!


3 posted on 01/12/2019 5:37:16 PM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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Why don't the protestant bishops kick out their liberal schools?

(this question would immediately be asked, and the Catholic church then bashed over and over again, if this thread was about a liberal Catholic university demanding "LGBTQ rights" for their students. But since its a protestant denomination doing that, my post will be the only comment asking that. Hmmm.)

4 posted on 01/12/2019 5:38:36 PM PST by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact.)
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And, she ventured, that’s what John and Charles Wesley, the 18th-century founders of Methodism, would have wanted.

I don’t think so.


5 posted on 01/12/2019 5:39:09 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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Lifelong Methodist. NO.


6 posted on 01/12/2019 5:39:40 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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“gender identity/expression or sexual orientation,” the statement reads.


Including furries who show up at worship service dressed as a giant fox or cat?


7 posted on 01/12/2019 5:39:51 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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>>“It is my disappointment and the feeling of many of my colleagues that this has been one of the reasons contributing to a decline in membership and attendance,” Miller said. “The church has not stayed current with the people it serves.”


- swingers parties for married couples
- orgies for singles (gay straight and bi on alternating weekends)
- porno screenings at night

well it’s the kind of thing that people wanted in the 60s and 70s.


8 posted on 01/12/2019 5:42:16 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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Unfortunately, for those who have no respect for God’s opinion as expressed through the judgement upon Sodom & Gomorrah, calling evil good & good evil will not deliver from hell.


9 posted on 01/12/2019 5:43:25 PM PST by Trump_vs_Evil_Witch (Meuller, Rosenstein,....co-conspirators to Obstruct Justice over Uranium One)
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this has been one of the reasons contributing to a decline in membership and attendance,” Miller said. “The church has not stayed current with the people it serves.”


Yeah! Why doesn’t the church have golden calf making craft groups?!?!? Get with pop culture! What kind of church are you?


10 posted on 01/12/2019 5:47:51 PM PST by Yaelle
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I’m Catholic but hang out a lot with a Methodist church that volunteers at Walter Reed.

They are into LGBTQ and illegal aliens. The Pope is pushing for globalism....This ain’t good.


11 posted on 01/12/2019 5:52:55 PM PST by lizma2
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Consulting Scripture to find a defense of homosexual “marriage” is a dead-end of epic proportions.

I don’t have time to consult the infinitely lesser writings of the Wesleys, but I doubt they’d offer any more hope.


12 posted on 01/12/2019 5:55:27 PM PST by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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Lifelong Methodist. NO.

Also a lifelong Methodist. No, No, No, No, No!

13 posted on 01/12/2019 5:56:20 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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Just about every church should consider amending their LGBTQ policies. It’s very simple. If a policy is in conflict with scripture (the literal word of the Bible), it should not be part of church policy.


14 posted on 01/12/2019 6:00:25 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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I have heard the FUMC may split soon. The most conservative of the churches are in Africa.


15 posted on 01/12/2019 6:01:28 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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Every denomination that has gone down this road has seen a precipitous decline in membership


16 posted on 01/12/2019 6:05:55 PM PST by Josa
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To: lizma2

The apostate church.


17 posted on 01/12/2019 6:09:10 PM PST by TheGunny
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To: Josa

Good point.


18 posted on 01/12/2019 6:11:10 PM PST by lizma2
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To: Gamecock

Yeah let’s just change the Bible to fit the mood of the day that’ll work out real real well! United Methodist have been losing people for years because they keep becoming more and more liberal.


19 posted on 01/12/2019 6:12:43 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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"...one of the reasons contributing to a decline in membership and attendance,” Miller said. “The church has not stayed current with the people it serves.”

Yeah, the reason the UMC is dying is because homosexuality isn't isn't celebrated enough. Riiiight.

20 posted on 01/12/2019 6:18:31 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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