Advocates hailed the proposal as a way of decolonizing a church some say is too focused on U.S. issues, though one opponent, a Zimbabwean pastor, said the details of the plan are reminiscent of colonial-era divide-and-conquer strategies. LGBTQ issues weren't central to the debate on Thurs...
United Methodists Hopeful about Study on Gay IssuesThe United Methodist Church's top legislative body meets only once every four years, so the...Smith, Peter
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Leaders in the United Methodist Church rejected moves that would have eased the church's ban on same-sex marriage and the LGBT Clergy. The church, America's second-largest Protestant denomination, voted Tuesday to strengthen the faith's bans on same...
Complex problems require critical thinking and in-depth analysis, not simplistic solutions based in binary thinking. This proved to be a great stumbling block, on both sides, to the disagreements rampant in The United Methodist Church, especially surrounding issues of human sexuality and identity. Ou...
Get Unstuck From Fundamentalism: A Spiritual Journey by Robert Parson Crosby (Ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1953) is an introductory guide through offering sage wisdom for understanding such particular aspects of Christian beliefs on a variety of contemporary issues such as gay marriage,...
U.S. Methodists are hoping that a radical realignment of the worldwide church would give different regions of the church greater equity to tailor church life to their own customs and traditions, including on issues related to sexuality. That so-called “regionalization” planpassedthe General Conf...
United Methodist Church that send an ambiguous, essentially rejecting message about lesbians and gay people. On the one hand, the social teachings of the church say that every person, including“homosexuals,”is of“sacred worth.”On the other, the United Methodist Church stubbornly rejects ...
View a complete list of church events View Calendar Lenten Study Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. March 12 - April 16 in the Sanctuary Henry J.M. Nouwen’sLetters to Marc About Jesusrecalls the author’s correspondences with his teenage nephew, a boy struggling with issues of faith and spirit...
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Several emotions have rained at Christ United Methodist Church in Plano as hundreds of the members have gathered to approve the leaving of several local churches from the UMC denomination over the issues of homosexuality. According toNBC DFW, the North Texas Conference has approved 41 churches du...