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I remember as I was in the mentoring stage along the road towards ordained ministry. My mentor and his wife were both ordained elders in the UMC. I asked her, "Isn't it hard for you to be serving churches where men just don't respect your ordination because you are a woman." After some...

:doh: Please...don't. While I hope you were attempting to be funny, the many female pastors I know (including my wife) would never act this way--not a single one of them, so this has nothing to do with the gender of the pastor. She's also African American and I believe anyone who suggested...

I don't post here much any more, but wanted to say--blessings to you and your family. She was a kind person and will be missed by so many whose faces she never even knew. God bless you Tommy aka herev

perhaps, I have been told on these very forums by my catholic friends that the baptisms I do are invalid as I am not of the apostolic succession.

dude, are you really 20? I didn't meet my wife til I was 35, we got married at 37, first child at 38, second at 40. Sorry you're feeling left behind. Be patient with God. Enjoy your life! The more you enjoy life as it is, the more likely you will meet mrs. right blessings

got your email!

and.... we teach that the one true church is the body of Christ in all its denominations

short answer: technically, the apostolic succession ended at the Christmas Conference of 1784. A bishop elected by the people here did not have hands laid on him that fit with the succession, thus, I can trace my ordination heritage to Wesley only through one sent by Wesley to preach, not one...

this sounds like Board of Ordained Ministry Papers, no?

welcome to the forums. You've gotten the basic same answers. As a United Methodist Pastor, let me add my 2 cents While you and I are on opposite sides in what we would like to see happen (I'm a gay rights supporter and would like the church to live up to it's slogan of open hearts, open minds...

good for you. Love your niece. We're dealing with this with my cousin's daughter. Her parents are struggling and not ready (yet), but I'm hopeful. Meanwhile, my wife and I are serving as close as she'll let us as surrogate parents. LOVE her and be there for her.

of course not, WP and whoever will may come are cozy places to hang out

hmmmm, the definition of liberal is "anyone standing to the left of me." typically unless we move around a lot, we are only familiar with our own individual local congregation, so terms like liberal or conservative end up being comments that we can only identify with loosely. In terms of the...

this is all sounding too complicated. IT USED TO BE common practice that the priest was the only one to receive communion of both kinds. Wesley detested even the idea of it, thus (at least for United Methodist) we are forbidden to serve communion this way. The catholic doctrine teaches that...

I believe you already implied that in another post, no? really, before you go pointing fingers, you should know that the Bible can be an idol too. Raising the Bible to the same level as Christ is idolatry. Confusing your opinion for God's is blasphemy. oh, if you only knew me. I am actually...