Hundreds more US United Methodist congregations disaffiliate amid LGBTQ+ tensions

[Tommy Tainant]

Hundreds more US United Methodist congregations disaffiliate amid LGBTQ+ tensions

Over 7,000 congregations have been approved to break away since 2019, when church strengthened bans on same-sex marriage

www.theguardian.com

Another 250-plus United Methodist congregations have broken with the denomination in north Georgia amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ+ people in the church.

The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist church voted on Saturday to allow 261 congregations to break away, or disaffiliate, after theological tensions over bans on same-sex marriages and the ordination of clergy who are openly LGBTQ+.

Here is some good news. When people cant agree then it is best that they agree to disagree and split. The exodus of methodists from the hardline church is heartening and shows the faultlines between christians and bigots.

Christians have been silent for too long. Organised religion is dead unless it loses the hate mongers in its ranks. Maybe that is a good thing.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Shameful by United Methodists.

 

[WEATHER53]

People of faith and thought won’t accept fantasies forced upon them

 

[Blaster]

Hundreds more US United Methodist congregations disaffiliate amid LGBTQ+ tensions

Over 7,000 congregations have been approved to break away since 2019, when church strengthened bans on same-sex marriage

www.theguardian.com

Another 250-plus United Methodist congregations have broken with the denomination in north Georgia amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ+ people in the church.

The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist church voted on Saturday to allow 261 congregations to break away, or disaffiliate, after theological tensions over bans on same-sex marriages and the ordination of clergy who are openly LGBTQ+.

Here is some good news. When people cant agree then it is best that they agree to disagree and split. The exodus of methodists from the hardline church is heartening and shows the faultlines between christians and bigots.

Christians have been silent for too long. Organised religion is dead unless it loses the hate mongers in its ranks. Maybe that is a good thing.

More nonsense.

 

[WinterBorn]

People of faith and thought won’t accept fantasies forced upon them

No one is forcing anything on them.

 

[jknowgood]

Lol, homosexuality is an abomination against God. Why should they have leadership roles in the church? But they will openly let them in to hear the word of christ. What's the problem?

 

[WEATHER53]

No one is forcing anything on them.

Alphabet offerings are bullshit and should not be accepted nor forced upon thinking people of faith

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Unless a church is Bible believing, they're not a Christian church

Homosexuality in the Bible is an abomination

 

[theHawk]

Hundreds more US United Methodist congregations disaffiliate amid LGBTQ+ tensions

Over 7,000 congregations have been approved to break away since 2019, when church strengthened bans on same-sex marriage

www.theguardian.com

Another 250-plus United Methodist congregations have broken with the denomination in north Georgia amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ+ people in the church.

The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist church voted on Saturday to allow 261 congregations to break away, or disaffiliate, after theological tensions over bans on same-sex marriages and the ordination of clergy who are openly LGBTQ+.

Here is some good news. When people cant agree then it is best that they agree to disagree and split. The exodus of methodists from the hardline church is heartening and shows the faultlines between christians and bigots.

Christians have been silent for too long. Organised religion is dead unless it loses the hate mongers in its ranks. Maybe that is a good thing.

I was raised Methodist and it has been sad to see the church not stand up for God and instead embrace Satanic nonsense like gay marriage. It is the main reason I left the church. It’s also the reason so many Methodist churches are dying. They have no young people going, just a bunch of old people.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

People of faith and thought won’t accept fantasies forced upon them

Cancelling gay people is a mattter of prejudice not faith.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Unless a church is Bible believing, they're not a Christian church

Homosexuality in the Bible is an abomination

There are lots of things in the bible that christians ignore. On different threads you are cheering for the murder of palestinian babies.
Where does the bible support that ?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

There are lots of things in the bible that christians ignore. On different threads you are cheering for the murder of palestinian babies.
Where does the bible support that ?

You're going off on tangents, queer. Does the Bible condemn homosexuality?

Yes or no?

 

[WEATHER53]

Cancelling gay people is a mattter of prejudice not faith.

Butt plugging is not Lordly nor reproductive
It’s demented self satisfaction

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Butt plugging is not Lordly nor reproductive
It’s demented self satisfaction

And just nasty

 

[Tommy Tainant]

You're going off on tangents, queer. Does the Bible condemn homosexuality?

Yes or no?

You are on a tangent.You are a fake Christian.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I was raised Methodist and it has been sad to see the church not stand up for God and instead embrace Satanic nonsense like gay marriage. It is the main reason I left the church. It’s also the reason so many Methodist churches are dying. They have no young people going, just a bunch of old people.

All churches are dying. Numbers have been falling for years in all denominations.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

You are on a tangent.You are a fake Christian.

I cornered you, like a rat

Of course homosexuality is an abomination in the Bible you fuckin dumbass.

Now sit the fck down

 

[WinterBorn]

It is good to know that homosexuality is the only sin that matters. The rest can be forgiven.

 

[jbrownson0831]

I cornered you, like a rat

Of course homosexuality is an abomination in the Bible you fuckin dumbass.

Now sit the fck down

Commie is an atheist he knows nothing about God or the Bible.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I cornered you, like a rat

Of course homosexuality is an abomination in the Bible you fuckin dumbass.

Now sit the fck down

No. You just couldnt answer my question.You are so full of hate its unreal.