Is the United Methodist Church (UMC) going to hell in a rainbow-colored basket?
On May 1 (May Day) at the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC), the delegates voted 692-51 to repeal the church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. The fact that there was no debate is an alarming indication of the state of the current UMC. Mayday! Mayday!
Why was there such an overwhelming majority voting in favor of the ruling? In 2020, a process of “disaffiliation” began, allowing traditional Methodist congregations to leave the UMC conference while retaining their church property. Roughly one-quarter of the conference–7600 churches–left the UMC, and therefore, their delegates were not at the General Conference.
*For background on the United Methodist Church debacle, see the links at the end of this article.
By the time you read this, delegates will have also voted to replace their existing official Social Principles with a new document that no longer calls the “practice of homosexuality…incompatible with Christian teaching.” Additionally, they will vote to redefine marriage as a union between “two people of faith” rather than between a man and a woman. Mayday! Mayday!
For those of us who hold to traditional principles Methodism, this year’s General Conference, while no surprise, was a sad day for Christian churches. A liberal UMC “acquaintance”–an ordained minister–posted the following on his Facebook page:
“Today we celebrate all of us for who we are and for who we are meant to be. ‘Love is everywhere, I see it, you are all that you can be, go on and be it. Life is Perfect, I believe it, Come and play the game with me.'”
Was he quoting Scripture? Nope. Apparently, there was no Scripture to support his position, so he quoted John Denver.
Here’s a Scripture that’s appropriate:
“They say that what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right; that black is white and white is black; bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.” (Isaiah 5:20)
While the UMC “celebrates” its victory, I can’t help but draw a comparison to Nero’s fiddling while Rome burned to the ground.
It isn’t the first, and it won’t be the last, but this recent week’s action by the UMC is definitely a large nail in its coffin, and they are completely oblivious.
Mayday!Mayday!
*For further reading about the United Methodist Church:
What’s Up With Those Methodists?
Why I’m Leaving the United Methodist Church
Shaking the UMC Dust Off of Our Feet
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As a main stream Christian currently and a former Methodist attendee from the 1960s, before it got like this, I recall this from 1984: “ War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength “. The ministry of truth is everywhere. The Word says what it says, it does not devolve with society.
I agree 100%.
While doing the dirty deed, the UMC aligned itself with the Episcopal Church, who, according to my Arch Bishop and the Archbishop of GAFCON, which is mostly in Africa should put on sackcloth and repent. A statement made after our Jerusalem Declaration, of the Anglican Church to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
I believe I read something from those who split from the UMC saying the same to their leader. This is just more of the falling away of the Church, and is a sad moment from your church and my old church.
It’s rather sad that the Methodist church we rent from has two or three at their morning service and we routinely have fifty or sixty at ours, in the evening. Ours is a freshly planted church, about two years old.
Much prayer is needed for both denominations, and all the churches suffering through all this blasphemy.
A Youtube channel, Ready to Harvest, did excellent reporting on this topic, yesterday. He described the split in a lot of detail. Very sad time for your church. I pray for your situation, Teresa.
A year and a half ago, 160 of us left the UMC and formed an independent Wesleyan church. We now have nearly 250 members with 3 Sunday services. The UMC that we left struggles by with one poorly-attended service. Sadly (for them), they blame those of us who left for the troubles they’re having. I imagine that last week’s actions at the UMC General Conference will reduce their numbers even further.
The UMC is no longer a Christian church. They are conforming to the world. It is a prideful, self-centered, narcissistic, “me/myself and I” so-called church, no longer focused on Christ, but instead on man. And like Nero, who blamed Christians for the Rome fire and tortured them, so too the UMC will do the same to true Christians. True Christ followers will be falsely blamed for this fire that burned down the UMC.
I spoke with several Methodists, today, and since they were expecting this to happen, they were saddened, but still laughing at the results. From what I gather, there are a lot of those who saw this as something that was a highly co-ordinated event and the alignment they are seeking with the Episcopal Church had me laughing, too. Rather, we all should be praying for those lost souls. I’m not sure, but I believe it was the Episcopal church as those avant gard who seems to be the original woke-ists. What a pairing that makes.
What a pairing I indeed!
Oh, yes! Members of the UMC congregation that we left have already voiced their opinion that we (Traditionalists) are to blame for the struggles that their congregation is having.