NIC
VOICE
News Update
11-08-2005 Reaction to Judicial Council Decisions (Update
#3)
This is the third
of a number of emails with links to articles, commentary and video, and the
bishops’ statements (still compiling) regarding recent Judicial Council
decisions. If your bishop has
issued a statement, please email it to nicvoice@nicvoice.og to be included in a
future news update on individual bishops’
response.
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New
Press Articles about Judicial Council Decisions & Bishops
Letter
Out
of the closet, out of the pulpit
... only one of
many gay and lesbian people who serve the United Methodist Church and ... subject with our congregations, as long
as we don't send the bishop a
letter ...
Methodist court says pastors may bar gays
from membership
The Christian
Century -
... case had
centered on Irene Elizabeth "Beth"
Stroud, a gay ... to be ashamed of," said Stroud, who will remain at
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Methodist Bishops: Homosexuality No
Obstacle to Church Membership
Agape Press -
... stated: "I
don't think it's going too far to say the council is of one mind that gay and lesbian people can be members of
the
Methodist Pastor: Bishops Off-Base on
Membership/Homosexuality ...
Agape Press -
By Jim Brown. (AgapePress) - The head of a United Methodist renewal group says he's troubled
that the denomination's bishops have unanimously declared that
...
Commentary
from official and unofficial “Evangelical/Orthodox”
sources:
Good
News: Good News has now issued a Press Release on the Judicial
Council Decisions and Bishops’ Pastoral
Letter:
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
·
Council
of Bishops Respond to Judicial Council Decision
1032.
·
Beth
Stroud is finally defrocked by the Judicial
Council.
·
Bishop
Kammerer's decisions reversed.
Retired Elder in Full
Connection
The United
and
presently pastor of Gipsy Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ)
Gipsy, PA AND Non-Affiliated registered
voter, Cambria Co. PA
“The
See The Bishops of the UMC Have Done It
-- Again!”
Warning: This site contains graphic pictures
posted in an effort to oppose abortion.
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