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William Lindsey :toad:

Sociologists Nancy Malcom and A.J. Ramirez report the results of interviews they conducted with more than 1,500 LGBTQ United Methodists about why they continue with the UMC, when it teaches officially that “homosexual practice” is “incompatible with Christian teaching” and when powerful forces within the UMC are pushing UMC churches that refuse to accept the full equality of LGBTQ human beings to split the UMC over this issue.


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Baptist News GlobalSociologists find LGBTQ United Methodists, allies stay in UMC out of hope – Baptist News GlobalSociologists Nancy Malcom and A.J. Ramirez, both United Methodists, hoped they might get at least 50 responses when they first started to research why LGBTQ church members and their allies stayed in a denomination that officially condemns “homosexual practice” as...
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Summarizing Malcom and Ramirez's report, Cynthia Astle writes,

"A common theme among the interviewees was their devotion to Methodism, Ramirez said. 'They would indicate they were, "born a Methodist," and there was such a strong foundation involved, that even though they were being spiritually abused,' they stayed in the church."


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