Well it's Finally Here---the UMC is splitting over gay marriage---and apparently the main group will pay the Bible Believers to go away and form their own denomination.... Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Numbers 16:26
"The United Methodist Church, a global denomination of 13
million people, announced a plan Friday for splitting itself due to pressure to end the church’s policies that bar gay marriage and the ordination of gay clergy.
According to UM News, the church’s news service, a 16-member team of United Methodist bishops and other leaders developed the plan that
---would allow those members of the church who wish to preserve traditional marriage and clergy ordination to form a new denomination.
The new denomination would receive $25 million in United
Methodist funds and would retain its local church properties, reported UM News.
According to the news report, well-known mediator Kenneth Feinberg donated his time to lead the negotiations. Feinberg had assisted with the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster."
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million people, announced a plan Friday for splitting itself due to pressure to end the church’s policies that bar gay marriage and the ordination of gay clergy.
---would allow those members of the church who wish to preserve traditional marriage and clergy ordination to form a new denomination.
The new denomination would receive $25 million in United
Methodist funds and would retain its local church properties, reported UM News.
According to the news report, well-known mediator Kenneth Feinberg donated his time to lead the negotiations. Feinberg had assisted with the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster."
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