A momentous moment in the history of Methodism!!!! United Methodists vote to decolonize and regionalize the #UMC, vote for nondiscrimination to gender and ability, a full throated condemnation of white supremacy and colonialism and a 4th question on education requirements #UMCGC
The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church just ordained our first openly queer Elder and Deacon.
If I hadn't seen it with my own two (incredibly watery) eyes, I wouldn't believe it.
Praise be to God. The work continues.
#flumc25 #umcgc
One of the biggest things to happen in 2024 is the United Methodist Church at General Conference removed all anti-LGBTQ language from its book of discipline, legalized same-sex marriage, legalized LGBTQ clergy, and took a stand for trans rights. #LGBTQ #UMCGC #UMC #YearInReview
Hey fellow #umc organizers and mobilizers: a thread. A boost for continuing the kind of coalition work we did at #umcgc. Christian Perfection is a journey …
Honestly, my favorite interaction in the wake of #umcgc was an LDS accusing the #umc of changing the Bible. Self-awareness isn't everyone's spiritual gift. I have to admit, I almost responded to that one before I blocked.
Screenshot of tweet from United Methodist News with quote “be still and know that God can be trusted. Let us walk together and never grow weary or tired of doing the work of the kin-dom”
I was really hoping that the Barbie movie would convince people to stop saying “kin-dom” #umcgc
If the responses to so many celebratory #umcgc posts are a reminder of anything, it's that a functional definition of "fundamentalism" is "the horror that someone somewhere isn't miserable."
I just realized that not a single passage from the 2019 #umcgc will ever be bound in a physical copy of the Discipline. It's a bad dream. #umc
This is made possible in party by the departure of more conservative churches to either the Global Methodist Church, independent of any denomination, or other Wesleyan denominations.
#UMCGC2024 #UMCGC
www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1...
At the United Methodist Church's General Conference today, the UMC voted overwhelmingly to lift its ban on LGBTQ+ clergy and denominational clergy officiating same-sex weddings.
#UMCGC2024 #UMCGC
www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1...
I'll preside over communion this Sunday, and like I do every time, I'll say "no matter who you are, you are welcome at this table."
This week, though, that's going to hit me harder than normal. #umc #UMCGC
We can't change the past, but we as a denomination can commit to a new future where we live into John Wesley's first two dictums to do no harm and to do good. What was done to you, and to a lesser extent my own family, hopefully cannot be done to anyone else in the #umc. #umcgc
Whether you have stayed to fight or left for your own well-being, I am thankful for who you are. No matter what anyone or any institution has ever told you, God loves you.
#umc #umcgc
I have a lot to say right now, but I can't find all the words.
What I can say is this: the harm that we have done in the past cannot be undone. For everyone who has been hurt by the actions and positions of the #UMC, I am so deeply sorry. #umcgc
LGBTQ inclusion passed on the consent calendar! #umcgc
No Faith in Fossil Fuels
#UMCGC FossilFreeUMC
I'm going to echo my friend @herevrush: as #umcgc hits the home stretch, there will be a lot of trolls not connected with the #umc posting crap. Just block them & move on. You'll be happier. Let them fume. Who cares what they think? We have a future to build.
The Creation Justice Movement is providing a walking devotional in six languages. The 13-19 minute audio linked below can be played on your device. The devotional will take you through The Green a park across from the Charlotte Convention Center.
#umcgc
umcreationjustice.org/walk/
8/8 Spiritual warfare is as real today as it was with the ancients.
And that's why I'm not commenting on Twitter/X regarding #UMCGC as I have done for the last 4 #UMCGC s.
Bluesky is my refuge in a time of healing. May the voice of God resound.
That's it. That's the skeet. 🌈 💕
#UMC
7/? Have some of those toxic voices been on a lower volume since the exit of churches to the GlobalMC? Yes. Has #UMCGC been less contentious since their exit? By all reports, yes.
Does this instantly resolve all the spiritual wounding and moral injury inflicted over the past decades?
No.
6/? Do I still have my twitter handle? Yes. It's the same handle I have here. Have I been an X voyeur during this #UMCGC? Absolutely.
But I'll be damned if I'll post any responses there. The same toxic personalities and puppet masters are lurking there: Mark Tooley, The IRD, WCA, GlobalMC, etc.
5/? As more people found Twitter/X, especially anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups, the commentary there just devolved and was particularly toxic in the 2019 Special General Conference.
Now that Bluesky is an option, this is a much better choice for me during #UMCGC than continuing to engage on the tweeter.
4/? For example, I used the hashtag, #MoravianBoatRides for a particularly rocky and contentious time at #UMCGC in 2012 or 2016. I can't remember which. (TBH, everything is kind of a blur pre-pandemic.)
Hashtags were more of a descriptor of the weird and wild happenings of #UMCGC. Anyway..
1/? Old Methodist yarn ahead.
I started tweeting (on the platform now known as X) about #UMCGC way back in 2008 when only tech-savvy kids with cellphones were doing it.
There was so much concern from conference folks about the truth-speak and anti-establishment commentary coming from the tweeter.
The General Conference is likely to repeal the denomination's anti-LGBTQ+ laws. #UMCGC2024 #UMCGC
www.advocate.com/religion/uni...
The United Methodist Church has been facing a schism in recent years, and LGBTQ+ issues are the key driver. A sizable amount of the more conservative churches disaffiliated from the UMC in favor of either going independent or join the Global Methodist Church.
#UMCGC2024 #UMCGC
All the speakers at General Conference are introducing themselves like this #UMCGC
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