{"id":68574,"date":"2018-02-26T16:09:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T21:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=68574"},"modified":"2018-02-26T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:20:31","slug":"umns-time-running-short-as-methodist-bishops-gather-in-dallas-to-try-to-sort-through-contradictory-views-of-same-sex-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=68574","title":{"rendered":"(UMNS) Time running short as Methodist bishops gather in Dallas to try to sort through contradictory views of same-sex unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 32-member commission, which last met in January, has suggested\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/news-and-media\/church-leaders-hear-way-forward-update\">three different frameworks<\/a> for the church\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>A traditionalist model would maintain the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/what-we-believe\/what-is-the-denominations-position-on-homosexuality\">church\u2019s official stances on homosexuality<\/a>, which declare the practice of homosexuality incompatible with Christian teaching, preclude clergy from officiating at same-sex unions and prohibit the ordination of self-professed practicing gay clergy.<\/p>\n<p>This model also would emphasize accountability and enforcement of relevant church law.<\/p>\n<p>A centrist model would remove the Book of Discipline\u2019s restrictive language, allowing conferences to decide how inclusive to be, while protecting clergy who could not, as a matter of conscience, perform a same-sex union or support ordination of openly gay clergy.<\/p>\n<p>A third option foresees multiple branches of the denomination sharing a General Conference and certain agency functions. One branch might favor the traditionalist approach, another the centrist, with a third opting for full inclusion of LGBTQ individuals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/news-and-media\/time-running-short-as-bishops-gather-in-dallas\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 32-member commission, which last met in January, has suggested\u00a0three different frameworks for the church\u2019s future. A traditionalist model would maintain the\u00a0church\u2019s official stances on homosexuality, which declare the practice of homosexuality incompatible with Christian teaching, preclude clergy from officiating<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=68574\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,172,168,360,177,159,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-ecclesiology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-methodist","category-pastoral-theology","category-sexuality-debate-other-denominations-and-faiths","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68577,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68574\/revisions\/68577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}