"An Austin church has voted to stop performing wedding ceremonies at the church until the
Methodist church starts allowing same-sex weddings.
First United Methodist Church in Austin voted on Sept. 24 to temporarily stop wedding ceremonies. The congregation voted 93 percent in favor.
Taylor Fuerst, the church’s senior pastor, said he hopes the vote “will have a unifying effect on the congregation.”
“It communicates even more to our city that if you are in the LGBTQ community that you are not tolerated here, but embraced,” he said.
Currently, the Methodist church bans same-sex unions from being performed by pastors or taking place at Methodist churches. The denomination’s Book of Discipline, which governs the Methodist church, also says that homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching.” BCN
First United Methodist Church in Austin follows path of "many" disciples who forsook Christ-
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?...From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
John 6:60
First United Methodist Church in Austin voted on Sept. 24 to temporarily stop wedding ceremonies. The congregation voted 93 percent in favor.
Taylor Fuerst, the church’s senior pastor, said he hopes the vote “will have a unifying effect on the congregation.”
“It communicates even more to our city that if you are in the LGBTQ community that you are not tolerated here, but embraced,” he said.
Currently, the Methodist church bans same-sex unions from being performed by pastors or taking place at Methodist churches. The denomination’s Book of Discipline, which governs the Methodist church, also says that homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching.” BCN
First United Methodist Church in Austin follows path of "many" disciples who forsook Christ-
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?...From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
John 6:60
