Do biblical teachings mean nothing to you? Just where is the list of UMC clergy that you say are part of your organization? I\’m sure Bishop Hayes would also like to know. If you can\’t support the Methodist book of discipline, it\’s time for...
There are clergy and laity within the bounds of the Oklahoma Area of the United Methodist Church who support equality in Christian Marriage. I, Jim Gragg, have consented to maintain in strictest confidence a list with the names of persons who wish to be included in...
Hello, I don’t want to sound harsh or make you lose faith in any way. But I feel obligated to defend the word of God which your church claims to follow. First I would like to say, the Bible is the Bible, if you believe it and follow it then you have to take it...
I am a united Methodist member, church goer and a believer in the scriptures. While I believe in the rights and dignity of all people and as Christians we are to express love, affirmation and equal treatment of all people, it stats in the bible that men are not to lay...
I give us this quotation from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream. For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no...
Thank You for the large ad in today’s Tulsa World. Many, many of us in UMC want a welcome to be real. We want our sons, daughters, aunts and uncles to have a church home that is HOME for them and us. Please continue to address this inequality in our...
by Rev. Andy Oliver Recently, I took part in a small group discussion with RMN Board member Bishop Talbert to discuss the Biblical Obedience movement. Here is what he had to say: I never intended to lead a movement. As a Bishop, I needed to make some declaratory...
I am a Methodist. Raised in a Methodist church till my family left over some issues associated with the busing students in the 70s. In the 90s when I came out and my wife and I divorced I encountered lots of “love the sinner hate the sin” rhetoric from a...
I give us this quotation from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream. For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad...
