Over 60 Methodist Theologians Sign Statement to 'Retrieve the Riches' of Wesleyan Tradition amid LGBT Debate

Milton Quintanilla : Jun 6, 2022
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"Seventy churches in Georgia split from the United Methodist Church (UMC) last week largely over LGBTQ issues, marking the latest in a growing divide within the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States." -Fox News 

[ChristianHeadlines.com] More than 60 Methodist theologians, professors and clergy have signed a statement of faith calling for a return to the core tenets of the Wesleyan-Methodist tradition amid a split within the United Methodist Church over its longstanding debate on LGBT issues. (Image: Pixabay)

The statement, titled "The Faith Once Delivered: A Wesleyan Witness," was published following a gathering of about 50 Christian scholars at the Next Methodism Summit in Alexandria, Virginia, back in January. The introduction behind the document, which takes its name from Jude 1:3, states that it aims "to guide the theological trajectory of Methodism for the next century or more"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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