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yellowdogintexas

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5. Good for your pastor!!! So far we have had none of that in my church

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 01:16 AM

Feb 2024

We are definitely staying with The United Methodist Church; we did not even call a congregational vote.

Hopefully all of this will be settled at General Conference.

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Some intolerant members of our church really pissed off the pastor [View all] ripcord Feb 2024 OP

Very powerful message! GreenWave Feb 2024 #1

Good for him! Delphinus Feb 2024 #2

i used that "line" on my very catholic MIL... ret5hd Feb 2024 #3

love thy neighbor tends to confound them. so does not reacting to them. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #16

My M-I-L is very Catholic, too DFW Feb 2024 #23

I would say less worrying about the invisible cloud being liking us, and more.. NoRethugFriends Feb 2024 #4

But for those who value the opinion of the invisible cloud being, this approach could be effective with some of them. ShazzieB Feb 2024 #17

Good for your pastor!!! So far we have had none of that in my church yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #5

We too have had no need to vote and are definitely staying with The United Methodist Church. summer_in_TX Feb 2024 #11

We have already had a vote, changed the name of our church and will be leaving the UMC. SlimJimmy Feb 2024 #24

We are getting a number of people who's church have left ripcord Feb 2024 #28

I imagine you're not the only ones Random Boomer Feb 2024 #40

Recommended. H2O Man Feb 2024 #6

I'm bad with names too sometimes after 50 years JoseBalow Feb 2024 #8

I suspect that H2O Man Feb 2024 #19

wth! Celerity Feb 2024 #20

I humored them. H2O Man Feb 2024 #29

Recommended and thank you for sharing. Your pastor is one of the good ones, and I'll remember him... Hekate Feb 2024 #7

Our church just broke away. Very disappointed. marble falls Feb 2024 #9

Hopefully you can find a new one that is actually following the doctrine of love and tolerance. Celerity Feb 2024 #21

We interviewed three local churches, two Lutheran, one Presbyterian ... marble falls Feb 2024 #25

In my rural Virginia county . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 2024 #10

Dont hide your light under a basket. The nature of ones soul is what counts, not Karadeniz Feb 2024 #12

I like the esoteric tenor of your post. So many have died as a result of exoteric Christianity (and other religions) PatrickforB Feb 2024 #30

Thanks for the suggestions !!! Karadeniz Feb 2024 #35

As a lapsed Methodist, it's good to hear of your pastor. fierywoman Feb 2024 #13

Fellow lapsed Methodist here. Aristus Feb 2024 #34

ding . love thy neighbor . no exceptions !!!!!!. your pastor does the walk. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #14

time for renewlal of baptismal vows too also. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #15

I've been there, too RainCaster Feb 2024 #18

That's some inspiration, right there. JudyM Feb 2024 #22

Good for your pastor! Joinfortmill Feb 2024 #26

Now that's taking names and kicking butt. Kudos. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2024 #27

My Mother in laws attends a Lutheran church in Sun City West Arizona and the choir director was a gay man and the newer kimbutgar Feb 2024 #31

good for your pastor gopiscrap Feb 2024 #32

Thank you for posting and for being human BaronChocula Feb 2024 #33

Well said. Duppers Feb 2024 #49

I certainly agree with everything you said and want your church said. chouchou Feb 2024 #36

Good for your pastor Clash City Rocker Feb 2024 #37

Love that meme Demovictory9 Feb 2024 #38

My church choir has a straight director, SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2024 #39

My local church and 85% of my AC is staying inclusive and welcoming. The rest left with the Bishop. Marcuse Feb 2024 #41

Good for your pastor. appleannie1 Feb 2024 #42

Intense Ripcord Duncanpup Feb 2024 #43

Putin must be giddy watching even religious institutions fractured in the US. Evolve Dammit Feb 2024 #44

MAN, what a GREAT message! WORLD-CLASS. calimary Feb 2024 #45

That is so wonderfully different from the fire and brimstone limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #46

K&R spanone Feb 2024 #47

the evolution of religious belief is about 2000 to 4000 years behind scientific discovery Layzeebeaver Feb 2024 #48