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UMC Pew Population Petering - Reports a net loss of
71,000 members in the United States last year |
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Methodist Retreat Center Hosting a Pro-Homosexual Ralley -
The official retreat center for the Southeast Jurisdiction of
the United Methodist Church is taking heat for its plans to
host a convocation put on by major pro-homosexual caucus
groups within Methodism. |
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Where
does your denomination stand on Homosexuality?
- Confirmations of gay bishops, same sex unions, gay
marriages... these are all big issues in the churches now.
Where does your denomination stand on these issues? |
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Anti-War Ad Claims Attack on Iraq Would 'Violate God's Law'
- A liberal United Methodist bishop is featured in the new
anti-war ad airing this weekend. In the 30-second spot, Bishop
Melvin Talbert claims the United States has no right to remove
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. |
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Challenge to Sprague's "Biblical Errors" Needed to Happen
- United Methodist bishops are divided over key doctrines of
the Christian faith -- and a conservative Methodist publisher
says he is encouraged that a liberal bishop is being taken to
task for openly defying several basic tenets of the faith. |
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DePauw Professor Disciplined for Christian Literature in Classroom
- A professor says
DePauw University, which is affiliated with the United
Methodist Church, cut her salary and teaching duties after she
distributed a Focus on the Family magazine in class. |
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Here Comes the Global Church - The
term "Uniting" in the title expresses the desire of these
ecumenists eventually to see all denominations and churches
incorporated into their scheme. |
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Feminist Speaker Rips U.S. and Traditions - A Texas
university affiliated with the United Methodist Church is
drawing criticism for inviting an open lesbian and radical
feminist to deliver the school's commencement address. |
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Group Vows to Continue Fight for Scriptural Integrity Within the UMC
- A group of United Methodists that filed a complaint against
controversial Bishop Joseph Sprague says it is deeply
disappointed that the charges were recently dismissed. |
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Heresy, Salvation and Jack the Ripper - A United
Methodist Bishop, Joseph Sprague, has been charged four times
with teaching heresies, and denominational representatives
have now acquitted him all four times. |
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Homosexuality and Church Unity - Homosexuality remains a deeply
divisive issue within the United Methodist Church, and a
report by steering committee members acknowledges the disunity
brought on by the subject. |
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Inter-Faith 'Ecumenism' Exalted Over Jesus at Methodist Youth Camp
- A conservative Protestant leader is disturbed by a recent
United Methodist youth camp in North Carolina that embraced
universalism and included Islamic prayers. |
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Items of Concern - 49 items of concern for the United
Methodist Church. This lists the concerns where the UMC is
seperating itself from Biblical values. |
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Liberal Bishop Rejects the Authority of the Bible - A
conservative Protestant leader says Christians should be
upset, but not unduly concerned with yet another United
Methodist bishop's rejection of biblical authority. |
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Liberal Methodist Leaders Call Bush to Repentance - Those
Whose Stance Falls Outside Traditional Methodism Take
President to Task |
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Methodist Agency on Warpath Against 'Offensive' Mascots -
Members of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race
are vowing to continue their fight to stop the use of Indian
team names and mascots. |
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Methodist Bishop: Claims God of Christianity and God of Islam - One and
the Same - While the U.S. is waging a battle against
Muslim terrorists around the world, a controversial United
Methodist bishop is claiming the god of Islam -- Allah -- is the
God of the Bible. |
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Methodist Committee Tosses Out Charges Against Chicago Bishop -
A committee of United Methodist Church (UMC) bishops has
dismissed charges against a fellow bishop who denies the basic
biblical teachings about Jesus Christ. |
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Methodists Debate Appointment of Transgender as Pastor - The
United Methodist Church is embroiled in controversy. The
8.3-million-member denomination is considering whether to allow
a man who underwent a sex-change operation to return to the
pulpit. |
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Methodists Deny Transgender's Request to Return as Pastor - A
lay delegate to the Baltimore-Washington General Conference of
the United Methodist Church says he is satisfied that a
transgender minister has been put on administrative leave -- and
it appears the pastor could be permanently banned from returning
to the pulpit. |
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Methodist Leaders Urged to Evangelize, Not Vocalize
- A pro-family activist and ordained Methodist minister says the
United Methodist denomination would be better served by
stressing more evangelism, rather than dialoguing with another
denomination. |
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Methodist Minister Rebels Against Bishop's Heretical Statements
- A respected and well-known United Methodist minister in
Mississippi says he will no longer be giving undesignated
funds to his denomination. He says his action was triggered by
a UMC bishop who recently announced that he rejects the basic
tenets of the Christian faith. |
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Methodist Missionary Rips Evangelicals for "Anti-Muslim"
Stance - A United Methodist missionary is
condemning American evangelicals for supposedly advocating
intolerance and hatred of Muslims since September 11. |
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Methodist-Muslim Dialogue: Danger of Gospel Being Compromised - United
Methodists and the Muslim community will be entering a
four-year national dialogue next year. |
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Methodist Pastor and Laity Seek Bishops Removal - Concerned
United Methodist pastors and laypersons from across the
country have joined together in an effort to restore
accountability to their denomination, and in particular, its
bishops. |
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Methodist Theologian Announces New Ecumenism - The nation’s
foremost Methodist theologian has predicted the imminent death
of the “old ecumenism” that is centered around the failing
structures of mainline Protestantism. |
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No Reaction from Methodist Church to Minister's Claim that Jesus was Gay
- A United Methodist minister who has written
a book on Jesus that many Christians consider blasphemous says
he has not been reprimanded by his denomination. And he says
his claim that certain biblical texts in the gospel actually
celebrate homosexual behavior has received a mixed reaction
from believers. |
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Northern
IL Methodists Agree to Accept Homosexuality - Methodists
in Northern Illinois says it's time their church pastors and
Sunday school classes started teaching that homosexuality is
accepted by God. |
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Obscene Gesture Accompanies 'Racial Repentance' Ceremony -
Conservative Methodist leader says the United Methodist
Publishing House has caved into political correctness by
repenting for the agency's alleged racism during the 1960s.
And a surprising "sign of confession" during a
repentance worship service apparently jolted those in
attendance. |
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Pastor's
Wife, In Borrowed Stole, Conducts Same-Sex Ceremony -
A United Methodist church in Nebraska appears to be paying a
price for being pro-homosexual -- and UMC officials say they
have no plans to discipline the pastor involved. |
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Planned
Parenthood Welcomes Methodist as First Full-Time Chaplain -
The Pro-Life Infonet says Monica Corsaro has taken a
job with Planned Parenthood in Washington State. In doing so,
she becomes the first full-time, statewide chaplain for the
national abortion industry. |
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Reform Activist Says Methodist Female Clergy Typically Liberal
- A Methodist activist working to reform the United
Methodist denomination says he is not surprised that most
female clergy in the church support the pro-homosexual agenda
and other liberal political positions. |
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Religious Tolerance -Religious tolerance was the theme of a
United Methodist youth camp in North Carolina last week that
included Islamic prayers. |
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Report of the 18th Plenary of the COCU - This document provides the
organizations mission for the Uniting of Churches in Christ. |
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The Sacred Cow - A Methodist pastor in northeast
Mississippi says the issue of apportionments in the United
Methodist Church has gone from an invitation to shared
ministry to a means of controlling ministers, manipulating
doctrine and theology, and intimidating churches. |
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Should Christians Join Interfaith Communion? - There is great social
pressure today to conform to whatever cultural liberals decide is
"politically correct" (PC). PC issues are often tied to
discrimination — seemingly all forms of
discrimination are considered wrong, from racial bias (which is
wrong) to moral judgments against homosexuality. |
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Some Say Methodist Bishop Unlikely to Face Trial for Heresy -
Orthodox believers in the United Methodist Church are
predicting a controversial bishop will not be held accountable
for explicitly denying his denomination's articles of
religion. |
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Transsexual
Pastor Calls it Quits; Leaves Methodist Denomination -
A Protestant watchdog group is praising the decision of a
transsexual to give up his plans to be reinstated as a pastor
of a United Methodist church. |
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United
Methodist Members: Return to Our Roots - Some members
of United Methodist churches in Mississippi are promoting
renewal in an attempt to stop the denomination's move away
from evangelical Christianity. |
