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United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote

By Filings on Fri, 09/20/19
Church & Ministry
United Methodists
Mainline Denominations
LGBTQ Politics

“The UMC’s General Conference 2020, to be held in May in Minneapolis, will consider the structure of what church leaders hope can be an amicable, and orderly, breakup of a worldwide church that is the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States.” - RNS

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Mark_Smith

NewThe United Methodist Church

Fri, 09/20/19

in Three Parts

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NewThe "New Plan" - 4 parts

Thu, 09/26/19

A United Methodist group has submitted legislation that would dissolve The United Methodist Church and form four new global denominations instead.

Birthing New Methodist Denominations — The New Expressions Worldwide N.E.W. Plan

  • Traditionalist Methodist Church, grounded in preserving traditionalism and biblical inerrancy.
  • Moderate Methodist Church, grounded in personal salvation, conversion, and missions.
  • Progressive Methodist Church, grounded in the social gospel.
  • Liberation Methodist Church, grounded in Gospel-centered, anti-colonial, and intersectional justice that intentionally empowers PoC+Q+T [people of color + queer + trans] people.

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Topics: United Methodists, Sexual Ethics
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  • Methodism’s Neutron Bomb
  • Episcopal-Methodist partnership on hold amid UMC General Conference delay
  • The Sad, Necessary Division of the United Methodist Church
  • “5,550 of the United Methodist Church’s approximately 30,000 US churches have disaffiliated”

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