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Did you hear that the United Methodist Church is splitting?
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January 9th, 2020
See details below. The conference will be held in May in Minnesota.
If you have ties to the LGBTQ community, how do you feel about the fact that some Christian denominations are reorganizing to be more inclusive?
For the Christians here, any thoughts to share?
Do you feel this will occur more frequently in other denominations now?
Hilty says the general conference made a decision last year.
“The penalties that are in place for performing same-sex weddings or issues related to the LGBTQ plus community, became more mandatory, more difficult to ignore,” Hilty said.
Hilty, however, does not agree with the decision.
“I believe that God’s call to the church is to be open and inclusive, of people of all backgrounds and diversity and sexual orientation, including people who are LGBTQ plus,” Hilty said.
The plan would keep the main United Methodist Church, recognizing the rights of the LGBTQ community, while another traditionalist branch would form, banning same-sex marriage and prohibit LGBTQ people from the clergy.
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