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| More than one million United Methodists quit the church overnight after sex rule change |
| 2024-06-04 |
| [MAIL] More than one million United Methodists have quit the church overnight over new rules about homosexuality. During a North Carolina conference in early May, the United Methodist Church - a global denomination of Protestantism based in the US - changed some regulations to allow gay pastors and same-sex marriage. The Ivory Coast division - which has an estimated 1.2 million followers - responded by accusing the international leaders of 'deviating from the Holy Scriptures' and 'sacrificing its honor and integrity to honor the LGBTQ community'. Bishop Benjamin Boni, who is president of the division, said it voted to separate from the umbrella church during a May 28 gathering in the Jubilee Temple of Cocody, Abidjan, on the southern coast of the West African country. He said in a statement that the decision to separate after more than 20 years was made 'for reasons of conscience'. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 Luke 22:31 Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Black7292 2024-06-04 19:01 |
| #6 ^ oops - supposed to be on the Jury rigging post |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-06-04 17:25 |
| #5 Well if she's off the jury, does she get to keep the $$$? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-06-04 17:23 |
| #4 Sodom-Gamorrah is now international. I hope God is pretty accurate with the next rain of fire. Anybody have an asbestos umbrella? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-06-04 12:47 |
| #3 Our family help physically built the original Gracewood Methodist Church in Gracewood Ga. When it decided to join the "United" movement in the later 70's, a majority of the family members found other protestant Christian churches and joined those. That was about 50 years ago now |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-06-04 07:30 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-04 07:18 |
| #1 That would be one million who actually can read the bible themselves. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-06-04 07:11 |