Post by Credo on Jan 8, 2020 20:25:07 GMT -8
A sad--but all too predictable--development among the Methodists. Any church that is not firmly committed to Biblical Christianity is going to face the same fate. It already happened to the Episcopalians over a decade ago.
Those in these various churches who support same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy should be honest enough to admit their rejection of Christianity and start their own church or religion; that they continue to leech off the spiritual and material capital built up by others over the course of centuries is a sham.
Those in these various churches who support same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy should be honest enough to admit their rejection of Christianity and start their own church or religion; that they continue to leech off the spiritual and material capital built up by others over the course of centuries is a sham.
After Vote Banning Gay Marriage, Methodist Church Announces Plan To Split, Form New Denomination
Deep disagreements about whether to allow gay marriage and the ordination of lesbian and gay clergy has prompted the United Methodist Church to officially announce its plan to split in two and create a new denomination for those who hold the “traditional” views on the issues. The schism in the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination, which has over 12 million members in the U.S., follows similar splintering in other major denominations over the issue of sexuality in recent years.
After years of debate over same-sex marriage, leaders from the United Methodist Church announced Friday that the church plans to officially separate, creating a new “Traditionalist Methodist” denomination for those who adhere to the “traditional” view of sexuality and marriage. The decision, the leaders said, was the result of “fundamental differences” in their view on gay marriage and LGBT ordination.
The long-brewing division in the denomination reached a boiling point in late February 2019 when the leaders and lay members voted to uphold and strengthen the church’s ban on same-sex marriage in the church by a vote of 438-384. “The practice of homosexuality,” a majority of the leaders and members voted, “is incompatible with Christian teaching.”
www.dailywire.com/news/after-vote-banning-gay-marriage-methodist-church-announces-split-to-form-new-denomination
Deep disagreements about whether to allow gay marriage and the ordination of lesbian and gay clergy has prompted the United Methodist Church to officially announce its plan to split in two and create a new denomination for those who hold the “traditional” views on the issues. The schism in the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination, which has over 12 million members in the U.S., follows similar splintering in other major denominations over the issue of sexuality in recent years.
After years of debate over same-sex marriage, leaders from the United Methodist Church announced Friday that the church plans to officially separate, creating a new “Traditionalist Methodist” denomination for those who adhere to the “traditional” view of sexuality and marriage. The decision, the leaders said, was the result of “fundamental differences” in their view on gay marriage and LGBT ordination.
The long-brewing division in the denomination reached a boiling point in late February 2019 when the leaders and lay members voted to uphold and strengthen the church’s ban on same-sex marriage in the church by a vote of 438-384. “The practice of homosexuality,” a majority of the leaders and members voted, “is incompatible with Christian teaching.”
www.dailywire.com/news/after-vote-banning-gay-marriage-methodist-church-announces-split-to-form-new-denomination
