Nearly 150 Texas churches voted to leave the United Methodist Church during the Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches (UMC) over disagreements concerning the church’s position on gay marriage, according to the Texas Tribune.
In a 261-24 vote over the weekend, 145 churches voted to exit the United Methodist Church and join the Global Methodist Church after years of disagreement between the churches and the UMC over the organization’s acceptance of gay marriage, according to the Texas Tribune. )
In 2019, the UMC announced that it would continue to enforce bans on LGBTQ clergy and performing same-sex marriages; however, many Methodist churches have argued that the UMC has not enforced the rule, leading to the split, according to UM News. The announcement followed a proposal that would have lifted some restrictions on gay marriage and LGBTQ clergy in the Methodist church, according to NPR.
You can’t embrace sinful behavior and pretend it’s Gods will, It’s a mockery of God and nature
I’m glad to see this. It is happening right here in Salisbury too. It should happen. Gay marriage is wrong and the bible says so.
Leviticus chapter 19, 8 verse 22