The General Secretary of the #UnitedMethodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry calls for the preservation of the United States #DepartmentofEducation
https://www.gbhem.org/news/dismantling-the-u-s-department-of-education-harms-us-all/
The #UnitedMethodist General Board of Church and Society vehemently opposes #MassDeportation. See full statement here: https://www.umcjustice.org/latest/church-and-society-opposes-mass-deportation-in-u-s-3739
Church and Society Opposes Mass Deportation in U.S.GBCS
I'm thankful power is back. But there is a lot to do to help the community that has been ravaged by this storm.
My wife, a #UnitedMethodist pastor has been coordinating a lot of relief efforts from UM churches outside of the CSRA and we are grateful for all those who have brought supplies or came into town to help remove trees and the like.
If you'd like to donate to the UMC's effort, click link below. Or find an org you're OK with, and give there
UMCOR US Disaster Response and RecoveryGlobal Ministries
#Methodists end #antigay #bans, closing 50 years of #battles over #sexuality for #mainline #Protestants.
It took just a few days for #UnitedMethodist #delegates to remove a half-century's worth of #denominational #bans on #gay #clergy and #samesexmarriages.
Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline ProtestantsUnion-Bulletin.com
Replied to William Lindsey 
P.S. It has just been announced that 261 United Methodist congregations in north Georgia — in that little pocket of the world alone — have left the UMC because they will not, absolutely refuse to, welcome and include LGBTQ people in their church.
Imagine thinking that just any old body should be welcome in a Christian church! The very idea!
#UnitedMethodist #LGBTQ #homophobia #welcome #WelcomingCommunity #inclusion
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As #UnitedMethodist #church #splits, local #churches welcome #likeminded #congregants
- If your church becomes part of the #GlobalMethodistChurch, it practices #unchristian #hate and does not #affirm #trans or #lgbtq people.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
As United Methodist church splits, local churches welcome like-minded congregants - Randolph RecordRandolph Record - The Randolph County Edition of the North State Journal
Replied to William Lindsey
Summarizing Malcom and Ramirez's report, Cynthia Astle writes,
"A common theme among the interviewees was their devotion to Methodism, Ramirez said. 'They would indicate they were, "born a Methodist," and there was such a strong foundation involved, that even though they were being spiritually abused,' they stayed in the church."
Sociologists Nancy Malcom and A.J. Ramirez report the results of interviews they conducted with more than 1,500 LGBTQ United Methodists about why they continue with the UMC, when it teaches officially that “homosexual practice” is “incompatible with Christian teaching” and when powerful forces within the UMC are pushing UMC churches that refuse to accept the full equality of LGBTQ human beings to split the UMC over this issue.
Sociologists find LGBTQ United Methodists, allies stay in UMC out of hope – Baptist News GlobalBaptist News Global
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