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[Bill Weber]

Written in deepest friendship, Karen, at General Conference the overwhelming position of African and Korean delegates prevented even a clause stating there is a minority position for full inclusion of all God's creation including GBLTQ.  If left to just NA there sadly remans a hugh gulf very likely leading to scism.  Those pushing the trial agenda continue to hear the eschatological message of John the Babtizer and Jesus who demonstrated and declared that something has changed and the reign of God has come to us! 

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From: KarenBueno at aol.com
To: <synergi at yahoo.com>, <oe at wedgeblade.net>, <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
Subject: [Oe List ...] Methodist news
Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:14 am
Thank you, Marshall.  I continue to be active in the 
United Methodist Church.  The article points out that Methodist polity 
decisions are made by global delegates.  If it were only United States 
pastor and lay people, the debate would be over.

What might that indicate to our global ICA work?  Some of 
the African delegates, I understand, say they would not longer be able to do the 
work of the church if they included LGBTQ  people.

Karen (Wright) Bueno


In a message dated 3/15/2014 2:10:11 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, 
synergi at yahoo.com writes:


This 
article may be of interest to those of you who retain a residual interest in 
United Methodism, as I do on occasion.
For 
those interested in the power dynamics recently in play, I even went so far as 
to pen an extended commentary on the article (written by a Lutheran lawyer who 
may have a historical perspective, but who is definitely not a Methodist 
'insider'). It's at the bottom of the web page.
Update: 
retired Bishop Talbert has just been formally charged in the Western 
Jurisdiction today.
Marshall
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/7678/methodists_make_history__or__an_argument_for_ecclesiastical_disobedience/_______________________________________________OE 
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