Methodists Uphold Policy on Same Sex Relationships

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After an emotional debate, Methodists at a national legislative meeting last week upheld the denomination’s policy that same-sex relationships are “incompatible with Christian teaching.”

60 percent of the Delegates at the General Conference voted against softening the language on homosexuality in their Book of Discipline, which contains church laws and doctrine. The meeting is held once every four years. Advocates for gay and lesbian Methodists gathered in the convention hall and protested the vote by interrupting the meeting.

With just under 8 million U.S. members, the United Methodist Church is the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the country, with a significant and growing membership of more than 4 million overseas. Most of that growth is coming from Africa and Asia.

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Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.(NKJV)

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