Does the UMC allow dancing in church?

[GraceSeeker]

There are enough non-Christians who need to hear th gospel without Christians try to convert each other from one Christian group to another.

My take on this is off topic, and if I end up derailing the thread or insulting anyone I apologize in advance. But I'm hoping that this might be a safe place where I can just get something off my chest without it being turned into more than I mean by it.

But this idea of needing to convert other Christians into their particular brand of Christian is one of the things that upsets me about the Catholic Church. Now, let me clarify, I don't mean all Catholics by any means. In fact, in all my years of pastoral ministry I've never had one of the priests in a town where I have served manifest anything other than a truly ecumenical spirit. I guess it's just what I have experienced on Catholic forums where I've run into it. (And I'm not going to link to them for examples, they are easy to find enough on your own.) But I found it shocking. The way so many would talk about converting protestants as if they were converting non-Christians. And when I called them on it, instead of repenting of such an attitude they actually owned it with pride. Paraphrasing, --It doesn't matter where one comes from, as long as one comes home to the true Church is all that's important.--

Of course, on CF I've sometimes seen the other side of the coin as well, those who reject anything having to do with Catholicism as if it was nothing but a heathen institution run by an incarnation of the anti-Christ.

This fighting among ourselves surely isn't the "Good News" Christ called his disciples to announce to the world. Why can't we do better?

 

[circuitrider]

Grace Seeker, I have had more of those experiences with certain brands of conservative Protestants than anyone else. I get the frustration for sure!

 

[Joykins]

Our worship is traditional but we do have a liturgical dance group that my daughter was involved in.