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The article includes
interaction at a press conference following the address:
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Carder instead suggested the issue would
not be resolved by legislation but only by "incarnational
love" and ongoing dialogue.
"We don't resolve ethical issues quadrennially," Carder
said. "The canon [of Scripture] hasn't been voted on yet. It
emerged over time."
Similarly, the bishop implied, the church's stance on
homosexuality had not yet been settled. Meanwhile, he
stressed the need for "civility" and the threat of
"crossfire."
"How we deal with these issues may be as significant as the
conclusions we reach," Carder suggested.
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Confessing Movement General Conference
2004 Reports
"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
"RMN agrees that we need to be open in our
churches and pulpits when it comes to talking about sexual wholeness
made possible by the healing power of Christ’s love. We are
committed to proclaiming the love of Jesus, calling us to make real
our proclamation of open hearts, open minds and open doors; calling
our church to let healing waters begin to flow down upon us as we
ALL reclaim and reaffirm our baptismal covenant…the watermark on our
hearts and lives."
Announcements of Note for Northern Illinois
Conference:
Sunday, May 2 “Come to the Water” Worship
Our spirited celebration of God’s abundant grace will take place at
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Sunday, May 2nd at 2 p.m. with the
Rev. Janet Wolf and Bishop C. Joseph Sprague.
"What
would happen, friends, if our General Conference would wade in the
water, see the
heavens
open, and feel the Spirit descend anew on us? What would happen if
each and every delegate and volunteer at General Conference heard
the Voice of Heaven proclaim: “You are mine. You are loved. You are
pleasing.” What would it mean for a water-washed, spiritborn people
to recognize God’s watermark on others once regarded as fearful and
not demand that they or their families must mirror mine to be fully
compatible with the body of Christ?"
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Pacific Northwest Reconciling Ministries Network:
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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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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.
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2004 General Conference
Archive
Laity Address,
Gloria Holt,
pres., UM Assn. of Annual Conf. Lay Leaders (N. Alabama Conf.)
