“What we are interested in is a discovery of what God has in mind for us on the horizon as the next expression of who we are as United Methodists.”īickerton, who heads the UMC’s New York City region, succeeded Louisiana-based Cynthia Fierro Harvey as president of the bishops’ council. “We are the United Methodist Church not interested in continuing sexism, racism, homophobia, irrelevancy and decline,” he said. He urged the UMC, even as it suffers defections, to think of May 1 as its launch day as well. He said he prays the infighting will stop and the UMC will rediscover its mission to make disciples for Christ.
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“The constant fighting, the vitriolic rhetoric, the punitive behaviors have no place in how we preserve and promote our witness as Christian believers.”
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Its leaders have been exasperated by liberal churches’ continued defiance of UMC bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of openly gay clergy.īishop Thomas Bickerton, who became the Council of Bishops’ new president Friday, described the launch of the new movement as a “sad and sobering reality.” Bickerton said he regrets any departure from the UMC and values the denomination’s diversity of thought. The breakaway denomination, called the Global Methodist Church, will officially exist as of Sunday. “We would like to refrain from any media coverage, until we can speak to this person and allow this person time to heal,” the group responded via Facebook, noting that it was posting updates when available and planned to issue a press release later.The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops, ending a five-day meeting Friday, acknowledged the inevitable breakup of their denomination – a schism that will widen this weekend with the launch of a global movement led by theologically conservative Methodists. When contacted early Monday afternoon, the group declined to comment as members were “currently working on getting our comrade released” from Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility. Segin is apparently the suspect's " deadname" and supporters did not broadcast the name by which she now identifies. … Queer revolution, not rainbow capitalism!” “It just goes to show who these pride events are really for.
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“This is awful that a trans person would be forcibly removed from Pride and that they used state sanctioned violence to do so,” read a Facebook post from the group. The Philly Socialists group has been leading the protest charge, highlighting a rift in the community regarding trans people. I'm outside the jail in Philadelphia with a crowd of about a dozen people waiting for our comrade's release, and I brought the light /uEAJWRAYpF- DragoncatLily????? June 11, 2018 Some questioned the necessity for the arrest as burning a flag isn't a crime. Photos from the arrest scene show Segin wearing a black hoodie and black-and-red bandana over her face. Supporters were claiming on social media that it wasn’t an American flag, but actually a “Blue Lives Matter” flag. A preliminary hearing scheduled has been scheduled for June 25. Though Segin’s was set at $5,000 (10 percent) and posted, she was not yet out of custody at noon Monday. Segin – police said she’s 18 years old, but the birthdate on court records state she’s 20 – was charged with arson (attempt to commit), causing/risking a catastrophe, recklessly endangering another person and related offenses, authorities said. Three officers injured, four demonstrators arrested during Broad Street protest.
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