{"id":462068,"date":"2021-04-29T17:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462068"},"modified":"2021-04-29T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:35:46","slug":"doctrinal-annihilation-theologian-blasts-methodist-church-for-pushing-drag-queen-pastor-claims-two-religions-forming-over-lgbt-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctrinal-annihilation-theologian-blasts-methodist-church-for-pushing-drag-queen-pastor-claims-two-religions-forming-over-lgbt-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Doctrinal Annihilation\u2019: Theologian Blasts Methodist Church For Pushing Drag Queen Pastor, Claims \u2018Two Religions\u2019 Forming Over LGBT Issues"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fdoctrinal-annihilation-theologian-blasts-methodist-church-for-pushing-drag-queen-pastor-claims-two-religions-forming-over-lgbt-issues%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=462068&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-4148.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Southern Baptist pastor and theologian Al Mohler on Wednesday rebuked a United Methodist Church (UMC) congregation in Illinois for being led by a drag queen, and claimed the growing fissure in Protestantism over LGBT issues is turning into \u201ctwo religions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/albertmohler.com\/2021\/04\/28\/briefing-4-28-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">episode<\/a> of his podcast \u201cThe Briefing,\u201d Mohler, who is also president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, denounced Hope United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Illinois, for allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/behopechurch.org\/about-us\/ministry-team\/member-detail\/1616712\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Simmons<\/a> to be in a position of church leadership and promoting him as a candidate for the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, who is an openly gay man, dresses up as a woman even during his sermons. Serving under two female pastors as the church\u2019s project and remote learning coordinator, Simmons\u00a0is pursuing candidacy for ordination within the UMC and has claimed that by coming out as gay, \u201che found a deep love for theological discussion and spiritual formation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohler described the church\u2019s willingness to promote Simmons as a ministerial candidate as \u201can intentional refutation and revolt against the very order of creation that God has given us, and a direct violation of the clear teachings of Scripture concerning the fact that those whom God has made as men should identify as men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is open revolt, and of course, you\u2019re going to see a division between those who are appalled by it, deeply troubled by it, deeply concerned by it and opposed to it on the one hand, and those who celebrate it and say that it\u2019s arrived far too late on the other hand,\u201d Mohler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time any kind of church or church body reaches this point, it has already basically embraced doctrinal annihilation. There is virtually nothing left of the historic Christian tradition,\u201d Mohler added.<\/p>\n<p>Mohler went on to claim that the widening gulf in mainline Protestantism over issues of gender and sexuality are not merely two different positions, but rather \u201ctwo different religions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose two different religions cannot possibly continue to exist in one church or in one denomination,\u201d said Mohler. \u201cOnce conservatives are out of the picture in the United Methodist Church, this is only the start of where things will go in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, whose drag name is \u201cMs. Penny Cost\u201d in a twist on Pentecost, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralillinoisproud.com\/news\/top-stories\/central-illinois-man-on-path-to-church-leadership-is-breaking-barriers-within-the-united-methodist-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News affiliate WMBD in Illinois<\/a>\u00a0that he did not expect to get the green light for becoming a Methodist minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re saying this person is being called to ministry and has our approval to receive the United Methodist support financially and otherwise,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cMy faith and my understanding of God calls me to be a part of that; to be a part of change-making and to be a part of creating spaces where everyone, regardless of their identities [or] orientations, can be and exist without even an inkling of \u2018Am I welcomed here?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a recent sermon based on Mark 15, Simmons attempted to interpret the crucifixion of Jesus Christ \u201cthrough a lens of queerness, through a lens of drag, even.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is holiness in queerness. There is holiness in allyship. There is holiness is femininity, masculinity, and fluidity,\u201d Simmons said in part.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Methodist Drag Queen &quot;Penny Cost&quot; Teaches &quot;The Mystery Of Queer Holiness&quot; From Mark 15\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXD5MZ8NoLs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The UMC is facing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unchecked-defiance-third-largest-christian-denomination-in-u-s-faces-potential-schism-over-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">potential schism<\/a> over the issue of homosexuality, with conservative Methodist congregations attempting to break off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unchecked-defiance-third-largest-christian-denomination-in-u-s-faces-potential-schism-over-homosexuality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Unchecked Defiance\u2019: Third-Largest Christian Denomination In U.S. Faces Potential Schism Over Homosexuality<\/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>Southern Baptist pastor and theologian Al Mohler on Wednesday rebuked a United Methodist Church (UMC) congregation in Illinois for being led by a drag queen, and claimed the growing fissure &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277041,"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-4148.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Doctrinal Annihilation\u2019: Theologian Blasts Methodist Church For Pushing Drag Queen Pastor, Claims \u2018Two Religions\u2019 Forming Over LGBT Issues","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462068","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-4148.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Doctrinal Annihilation\u2019: Theologian Blasts Methodist Church For Pushing Drag Queen Pastor, Claims \u2018Two Religions\u2019 Forming Over LGBT Issues","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462068","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=462068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}