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GC2004 Updates
NIC
VOICE General Conference Update # 14
New items are indicated as follows:
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Today's Press Articles on GC2004 (5/3/2004):
Lesbian minister accuses church council
of 'end-run appeal' By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
"SEATTLE -- A lesbian minister
acquitted in a church trial over her sexuality says she figured
her case would be vigorously debated at this year's General
Conference of the United Methodist Church, but didn't expect a
review of whether the verdict should be overturned."
Methodists Order Review of
Lesbian Pastor's Acquittal
African Delegates Voice Concerns Over 'American Focus' on
Homosexuality
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The
case of an openly lesbian pastor who won acquittal on
charges that she violated the United Methodist ban on
gay pastors was before the top church's court Monday.
Methodist Law Says
No To Gay Ministers
Lesbian
Methodist faces church backlash
by Ann Rostow
Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network
"Karen Dammann, a
lesbian pastor who was acquitted last March of violating
Methodist church law, found herself back in the hot seat
last weekend.
On Saturday, the
Methodist's Judicial Council ruled 6-3 that active
homosexuality was incompatible with Christian teaching.
The opinion from the church's high court was a rebuke to
the 13-member jury that found the law too ambiguous to
remove Dammann from the pulpit. "
NEW!!!! http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/118/12.0.html (additional
links in article)
Christianity Today Weblog: Methodist Council Says
Homosexuality Is 'Incompatible' with Christian Teaching
Further ruling could all but overturn
the acquittal of a homosexual minister.
Compiled by
Rob Moll | posted 05/03/2004 |
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NEW!!!!
Reporter Interactive:
Previous Reports:
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(Note - these reports are
numbered beginning with last Monday as Day 1)
Day 6: Saturday May 1 Report
Day 5: Friday April 30 Report
Day 4: Thursday April 29 Report
Day 3: Wednesday April 28 Report
Day 2: Tuesday April 27 Report
Day 1: Monday April 26 Report
In this report there
is a description of the Reconciling Ministries Network worship
service at East Liberty Presbyterian Church, including the
following:
Shower of Stoles
Display
Sermon by Janet
Wolf, UMC pastor, Nashville, TN which referenced PNWC
delegation letter
Baptism by Bishop
C. Joseph Sprague, Northern Illinois Conference
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NOTE: As of this evening, 5/3, some of
these links aren't working. If they aren't, check the site
later today.
May 2, 2004
URGENT need for
Prayer!
Please focus from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Monday, May 3,
2004, for the election of Judicial Council members. The Judicial
Council is the Supreme Court of the Church.
NEW!!!! May 1, 2004
The Judicial Council Speaks(click here)
Judicial Council Decision No. 984(click here)
NEW!!!! April 30, 2004
Legislative Committee Updates(click here)
The Confessing Movement at General Conference(click here)
"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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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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"...Your supportive
prayers are needed very much. Already, on Saturday,
the General Conference added these words to the Social
Principles: "We support laws in civil society that define marriage
as
the union of one man and one woman."
This sentence was submitted by Mark Tooley, staff of the anti-gay
Institute for Religion and Democracy (IRD) whose aim is to destroy
the United Methodist Church's traditional theological openness
(which
originated with John Wesley) and undermine our denomination's
ministry, mission, and structure. Among other things, the IRD is
seeking to dismantle General Board of Church and Society ..."
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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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GC2004 Updates by
Faithful Christian Laity:
Cathy Biehler is volunteering with
Good News and is attending the entire conference.
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Called Out
Information Service sponsored by Affirmation - includes updates on
GC2004:
"Called Out"
is an information service about LGBT religious concerns sponsored by
Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian, Gay, and Transgendered
Concerns.
Affirmation is not an
official body of the UMC. This is a public, read-only mailing list.
Anyone may join, no matter what their opinions. The sponsors of this
list support full inclusion and justice for LGBT people in society and
The United Methodist Church. Content and viewpoints of materials and
links will vary with the source.
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Petitions Status and
Legislative Tracking:
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