Thread by @frodofied

This month a Special Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church will meet to consider the church's way forward on what level of #LGBTQ inclusion the global Church will officially adopt into it's Book of Discipline. @UMChurch

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This decision will have social and political ramifications that extend beyond Methodism and Methodists and will rightly be seen as either a validation or a repudiation of Trumpian exclusionary policy and values.

The @UMChurch must get this right.

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Last year The Commission on the Way Forward, a 32 member body appointed to study the issue on behalf of the larger Church, concluded its year long investigation with the release of its final report.

That report was then considered by the church's Council of Bishops.

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The Commission's report included some options for the General Conference to consider, and others were later added to these.

Of all the plans considered the Council of Bishops voted to recommend what is known as the One Church model.

This is not a perfect plan.

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There is no perfect plan.

The fact is that the @UMChurch is as divided on the issue, at both the lay and clerical level, as Americans in general are.

But having now read the full report and having read the various plans to be considered I believe the Bishops got it right.

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This plan will anger progressives and conservatives. It will also potentially complicate the beaureaucratic administration of the church at every level of the conference. But, ceteris paribus, it's probably the best option RIGHT NOW for @UMChurch & its lay & clerical bodies.

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If you are an active member of @UMChurch and support a policy of inclusion please contact your pastor or bishop and share your views.

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