GC2004 Updates
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VOICE General Conference Update # 11
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NEW!!!! Press Articles on judicial ruling:
PITTSBURGH (AP) - United Methodist law clearly teaches that the
practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian
teaching, the highest court in the denomination ruled Saturday.
NEW!!!!
Lesbian minister's trial puts spotlight on gays:
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The liberal advocates acknowledge it's unlikely they will
win a majority vote. Chances for the conservative proposals
remain unclear; there is little precedent for their efforts
seeking redress for the Dammann ruling.
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"The motion for a Declaratory Decision
from the Judicial Council yesterday reflects the effort by
United Methodists to try to understand just how the Karen
Dammann trial court's contradictory verdict could have happened.
It simply made no sense. And it left many questioning whether
commonly-understood passages in the Book of Discipline actually
mean what we thought they did."
Wednesday, April 28
Our
Differences Matter (click here)
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NEW!!!!
Methodists Federation for Social Action (MFSA) Reports
The Daily SQBs Of General Conference 2004
(in downloadable .pdf format)
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Reconciling Ministries Network
GC2004 Articles and Reports
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Pacific Northwest Reconciling Ministries Network:
Day
2 at General Conference
Winifred Keefer
Day
3 at General Conference
Winifred Keefer
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NEW!!!! GC2004 Updates by Faithful
Christian Laity:
Updated May 2:
Cathy Biehler is volunteering with
Good News and is attending the entire conference.
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Following is not new, included here for your
reference:
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As the present General Conference
meets in Pittsburgh, however, I have found a certain peace about its
final outcome, whatever it may be. I am by no means confident that
the vote will go “our” way again. Even if it does, it only means
that The United Methodist Church will continue to limp along with
all the vibrancy of a whitewashed tomb for yet another four years,
outwardly rejecting revisionist morality but inwardly corrupted by
the very worldview which embraces it with open arms.
NEW!!!!
THE LANGUAGE OF THE SHEPHERD
Sermon by the Rev. James A. Gibson III
Marshallville United Methodist Church
Sunday, May 2, 2004
(Transcribed and Edited)
Text: John 10:22-30
The Church is in a time of
crisis. It is a crisis much deeper and a problem much more serious
than most of us realize. The issue at the heart of this crisis is
not the maintenance of some ancient code of Christian morality.
Neither is it, as some have suggested, a question about the
authority of Scripture. I would suggest, rather, that the center of
the crisis is this man we call Jesus. The question is, are we truly
being his sheep, listening to his voice, and responding to the
challenge he presents to us? It is a question of the very nature and
mission of the Church, the Body of Christ in the world today.
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