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https://juicyecumenism.com/2023/03/31/new-town-churchs-open-letter-to-united-methodists/ The one upshot of this is that the former parish has no longer had to pay the nearly $600,000 fee the liberal bishops demanded as the price of departure, despite the fact that they are the ones in violation...

Several mainline churches, such as the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Canada, and others, actively spend money advocating against the Pro-Life Movement in support of abortion, including “unrestricted pro-choice laws” which permit partial birth...

As many of you know, I love Gloucester Cathedral: the exquisite, luminous architecture, wherein the roof of the cathedral seems to float atop curtains of stained glass, the music program, indeed, even the service of Choral Evensong composed for the cathedral by Herbert Howells is my favorite of...

Hi, Relatively speaking, I'm a traditional Christian (I identify most closely with Anglican), but I'm moving soon far away, to a town with no traditional Anglican churches but many mainline churches (Episcopal Church, PC USA, Evangelical Lutheran, United Methodist, etc.) Of the mainline...

Do you ever get tired of saying the Lord's Prayer, one of the Creeds (Apostolic/Nicene), singing the Gloria (in some churches this occurs after reciting a creed), singing the Doxology (usually after the offering has been passed), "passing the peace", reciting a corporate confession of sin...

It is an oft discussed subject that mainline Protestant denominations are declining and losing members. Evangelical denominations are also declining in recent years. The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical denomination in the United States with 15 million members, is declining...

The United Methodist Church commissioned the Rev M Barclay and it is believed they are the first non-binary trans* person to be provisionally 'ordained' or commissioned as clergy in the denomination. In 2008, the Judicial Council ruled that trans* people can serve as clergy...

The United Methodist News Communications are reporting that the United Methodist Church has commissioned what they believe is the first non-binary transgender person to become clergy in the denomination. In 2008, the Judicial Council of the UMC ruled that trans* people can serve as clergy in the...

I posted in the UCC forum asking if anyone there would want to suggest or consider renaming to include the mainline Protestant denominations. Since the mainline Protestant denominations have concluded that they share most of the same tenets in the agreements of the organisation Churches Uniting...

Because many of the mainline Protestant denominations are in 'full communion' with one another, and because they are all a part of the Churches Uniting in Christ organisation which helped to facilitate those full communion agreements, could we rename this forum 'Mainline Protestant' so that it...

Hello everyone! I have recently subscribed to the Christian Forums, and I am enjoying the considerate, thoughtful, and mostly respectful dialogue that takes place here. I particularly enjoy the sharing of news in the Christian world, and, with more people, that means that there is a greater...

An attorney for the United Methodist Church has clarified that the Judicial Council's ruling on April 28,2017 ruled that they did not have jurisdiction to review the nomination, election, and assignment. They only ruled that they had jurisdiction to rule on hypothetical future cases. The result...