{"id":454096,"date":"2021-04-25T23:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=454096"},"modified":"2021-04-25T23:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:36:30","slug":"unchecked-defiance-third-largest-christian-denomination-in-u-s-faces-potential-schism-over-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unchecked-defiance-third-largest-christian-denomination-in-u-s-faces-potential-schism-over-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unchecked Defiance\u2019: Third-Largest Christian Denomination In U.S. Faces Potential Schism Over Homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funchecked-defiance-third-largest-christian-denomination-in-u-s-faces-potential-schism-over-homosexuality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=454096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3727.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The United Methodist Church (UMC), which is the third-largest Christian denomination in the United States, faces the possibility of schism after conservative Methodists are taking measures to break off over the issue of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>The would-be division from the conservative group known as the Global Methodist Church (GMC) consists of a\u00a017-member Transitional Leadership Council, which is a group of theologically conservative Methodists, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/conservative-umc-members-plan-for-a-new-church-after-schism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA), which is a conservative United Methodist advocacy group, announced the GMC on March 1, but explained the group is still waiting for the UMC to formally approve a separation policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheologically conservative United Methodists have made no secret of their efforts to form a new church,\u201d the WCA said in a press release. \u201cIn late 2018, the Wesleyan Covenant Association created a Next Steps Working Group to begin drafting its own \u2018Book of Doctrines and Discipline\u2019 outlining essential theological confessions and governing structures for a new church\u2019s consideration. It did so in light of the special called 2019 General Conference, where delegates once again addressed issues that have deeply divided the UM Church for decades. The special conference was called to hopefully resolve differences, but many believed it could just as easily reveal the necessity of separation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Christian Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/conservative-umc-members-plan-for-a-new-church-after-schism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"34\">\n<p><em>Keith Boyette, president of the Wesleyan Covenant Association and spokesman for the Global Methodist Church, told The Christian Post that UMC leadership has shown \u201can unwillingness to uphold its teachings.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the United States, particularly, some bishops, clergy, and churches are operating in open defiance to the teachings of the United Methodist Church,\u201d Boyette said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Church has become ungovernable as a consequence, such unchecked defiance has destroyed the integrity of the Church.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Boyette said that \u201cthis defiance\u201d has \u201conly increased in recent years,\u201d noting that \u201cthose who advocate for change in the official teachings and who are in defiance have made it very clear that they will not leave the Church voluntarily.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith the defiance and disobedience in the leadership of the Church, they can\u2019t be forced to leave,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn light of this, theologically conservative leaders have decided to launch a new denomination that will be true to its doctrine and teachings and end this endless conflict within the United Methodist Church.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe primary mission of the Global Methodist Church will be to make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly,\u201d said Rev. Keith Boyette, who is chairman of the Transitional Leadership Council. \u201cOver the past year the council members, and hundreds of people who have informed their work, have faithfully and thoughtfully arrived at this point. They are happy to share with others a wealth of information about a church they believe will be steeped in the life giving confessions of the Christian faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Methodists trace their roots to 18th-century English evangelist John Wesley, whose followers broke off from the Church of England following his death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sickening-polish-pastor-who-threw-gestapo-calgary-police-from-church-gets-another-visit-kicks-them-out-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Sickening\u2019: Polish Pastor Who Threw \u2018Gestapo\u2019 Calgary Police From Church Gets Another Visit, Kicks Them Out Again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Methodist Church (UMC), which is the third-largest Christian denomination in the United States, faces the possibility of schism after conservative Methodists are taking measures to break off over &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276697,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3727.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Unchecked Defiance\u2019: Third-Largest Christian Denomination In U.S. Faces Potential Schism Over Homosexuality","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3727.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Unchecked Defiance\u2019: Third-Largest Christian Denomination In U.S. Faces Potential Schism Over Homosexuality","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}