Friday, February 22, 2019
Special General Conference 2019
The following are my views.
You may use the pictures and the text if you choose.
The presenting issue on the table has to do with The United Methodist Church’s positions regarding human sexuality and our church:
Will The UMC allow its clergy to celebrate same-sex unions?
Will The UMC allow the ordination of gays?
Will The UMC retain and or tighten its current prohibitions of the same?
My personal take on these issues is that human sexuality should not be a barrier to full participation in the church, and that for too long, too many Christians have stood by when the church enforced those barriers.
I know what the Bible says and I know how it has been used to tear people down.
Our current policies are hurting people, making outcasts where we should be helping people and standing against oppressors.
Our current imbroglio not only hurts people, but it takes away from our mission “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world,” and the powers of darkness rejoice when we fight with each other.
I am an ordained United Methodist pastor, and I hope and pray for an inclusive United Methodist Church. #UMCGC #GC2019 #DoNoHarm
