I’m sitting in the press box high above the Special General Conference for the United Methodist Church focused on the subject of human sexuality. Petitions are being made, and motions are being offered, to plans that will either double down on the denomination’s current language regarding the LGBTQIA population, or change it. One of the…
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There is a tension in the air at the Special General Conference. Matters are moving faster than in General Conferences past, only to be interrupted with long periods of redundant reports being read aloud. People are hanging on every word in the knowledge that what is happening in this place will be the subject…
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The anxiety is beginning to rise. Bags are being packed. Fights confirmed. Hashtags established. Delegates, observers, and press are preparing for the called General Conference of The United Methodist Church. For outsiders, many cannot fathom why the UMC is continuing the debate fight over the issue of human sexuality. In 2019, for the majority of…
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The church is starting to crack at the seams. And by the church, I mean the United Methodist Church. We’re in the middle of a fight – we want to know who is compatible with Christian teaching, and who is not. We’ve been arguing about it for years. “The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with…
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I am not Methodist. I know bits and pieces of the history of the UMC but I would never dare to speak on it because I don’t know near enough. I am not a clergy person and I don’t have a mantle full of theology degrees to boast. I’m a lay person. I grew up…
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