Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion

LUBBOCK — The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. Participants sang, took communion, then prayed before voting to split from the United Methodist Church, the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination.

The Northwest Texas Conference includes 200 churches from far West Texas up through the Panhandle. The Lubbock gathering included 145 of those churches — about a third of the 439 Texas churches that finalized their departure from the denomination on Saturday.

“It parallels this moment in the broader world,” said Rev. Nathan Lonsdale Bledsoe, senior pastor at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church in Houston, which is remaining in the UMC. “It's a hard time to bring people together. We really reflect the brokenness of the culture and the world.” When they asked church members to raise their hands in favor of disaffiliation, dozens of arms flew up.

PROPAGANDA PEDDLERS

Tax the churches

I’m looking for a new church home bc my church left the United Methodist.. I can’t support homophobia.

I was UMC. I have recognized the conservatism in the different congregations I have visited. I called the more conservative strain Methobaptists. Judgemental as hell and hugely hypocritical. I stopped attending other than when obligated by family.

Prolly cuz they can't sing

Most will. Some won’t.

Good

Everybody knows Jesus didn't preach a gospel of inclusivity. Oh, wait...

Pitiful and utterly pointless. The Scriptures are against rape, pedophilia, shrine prostitution. No objection to LGBTQ people or same-sex marriage. Beware a God who hates the same people you do = made in your image

How embarrassing

Just like Jesus said, “Love your neighbor, unless they’re gay” 🫤

That’s just what’s needed, more fake Christians.

“All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” - John 6:37

We used to call Methodists rich Baptists in the south.

Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

Imagine that — so called Christians against inclusivity. Tax them all.

Damn globalist ( Alex Jones voice)

Freaks.

'That's been my family's pew for 3 generations! Ain't now strangers going to sit there!' Probably.

Ridiculous

They really want the power of love to have an asterisk attached THAT much, I guess...? cc: TexasStandard

Texas Methodists finally admit the true purpose of church is to foment hate and preach white supremacy. The only thing I miss is hot dog night.

Trying to put pre-emancipation church back together.

Religion kills. Religion kills both spirit and critical thinking.

Whites only division.

So the lies can continue and that is the only reason. The problem remains the hetereosexual, adultery and lies.

That's stupid, their non-inclusivity is based on religious grounds. They're sounding more and more like the religious fundamentalists they claim to stand against. Whether you go extreme right or extreme left, you end up at the same place. The direction is not relevant.

That's a shame.

ItWasACoup Extremism is the way to those leaving the tenants of their religion with partisan political goals. Time to tax the political religionists.

anxious_maria Shades of the creation of the Southern Baptist Convention.

If there’s one thing texas is in desperate need of, it’s more conservative Christians. Jfc

Hundreds of Texas churches vote for position they will be ashamed of in 10 years.

Nothing says Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself like a church split over loving thy neighbor as thyself.

Radicalization of conservative extremist

Jesus was inclusive. And He repeatedly preached that a divided house cannot stand. But why bring Jesus into it?

Inclusivity

Of course…

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