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David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/letour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letour</span></a> Bravo <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Arenseman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arenseman</span></a> What a stormer. Suppose my contintental lunch is now over and back to the 'Garden of Tranquility'. Explainer. Our church garden holds a green flag award. Of course nuthin's been done since spring. Sadly, it's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/URC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>URC</span></a> and run by 'elders' (deffo not <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a>). The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/elder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elder</span></a> in charge is an 'empire builder' and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pembroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pembroke</span></a> lazy. So I got the dead mans pass on Thurdsay. Inspection is Monday. Fortunate man is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHS</span></a> 'tificated (Diploma actually) so confident I can wing it. He ho. 💖</p>
Sociological Focus<p>United Methodist clergy take a shepherding approach to encouraging racial awareness and racial justice activism in their congregations. Clergy may also be personally invested in racial justice separate from their congregations. Read more from Anna Holleman, Erin F. Johnston, and Kelsey Mischke in our forthcoming special issue on religion and politics in American congregations.</p><p><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00380237.2025.2514009" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/00380237.2025.2514009</span></a><br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/congregations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congregations</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/racialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racialJustice</span></a></p>
Tom Bremer<p>After the L.A. <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> destroyed places of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a>, and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> congregations formed ‘an island of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/grace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grace</span></a>.’ “Conflicts in faraway lands and ideological differences make these three religious groups unlikely cohabitants in a shared space, but here the groups form a microcosm of peaceful <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/coexistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coexistence</span></a> united by tragedy.”</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Interfaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interfaith</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGuardian</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/la-wildfires-methodist-muslim-jewish-congregations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/25/la-wildfires-methodist-muslim-jewish-congregations</span></a></p>
Graham Downs<p>"I look on all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that, in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty, to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation."</p><p>-- <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/JohnWesley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnWesley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a></p>
Bedfordview Methodist Church<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> Church of Southern Africa is appealing for prayers and assistance for the people affected by the floods that have struck Mthatha and the surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape over the past few days. Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated! 🙏 <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/outreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outreach</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p>Toodle pip for a bit. Thanks to all that militarische bollox in town our normal morning <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> service has been put of till this evening. Wouldn't have happened in Wesley's Parish! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JustSaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustSaying</span></a>.</p>
RememberUsAlways<p>I propose to you that all the various branches of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> church that have manipulated their isolation by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/schism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schism</span></a> for centuries, are now on notice. <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Baptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baptist</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lutheran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lutheran</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyterian</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mormon</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witness</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/etc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etc</span></a></p>
Bedfordview Methodist Church<p>"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, as long as ever you can." <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/JohnWesley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnWesley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> 🙏</p>
RememberUsAlways<p>"He cited the example of the African National Congress (ANC), which struggled against <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> in South Africa thirty years ago.<br>ANC’s then leader Nelson Mandela, who would later become South Africa’s president, was referred to as the head of a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> group."<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> vs <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NelsonMandela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMandela</span></a> was a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a>. His mother was a devout Christian and sent him to a Methodist school when he was about seven. He was baptized as a Methodist and attended church services regularly. <br><a href="https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/99846/take-action-on-msian-media-that-call-hamas-militant-or-terrorist-bersatu-youth-chief" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thevibes.com/articles/news/998</span><span class="invisible">46/take-action-on-msian-media-that-call-hamas-militant-or-terrorist-bersatu-youth-chief</span></a></p>
Jennifer C J Radtke<p>Moved server, new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> :)</p><p>I'm a local preacher in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> church, living in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a>. I work as a software developer in C#/.NET and I'm interested in mobile linux. Background in physics. </p><p>I have a website: <a href="https://writing.straysong.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">writing.straysong.co.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> which I'll host on a static IP one day...</p><p>Things I care about include <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanism</span></a>. I mostly get around by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a>. I play <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/clarinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clarinet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/flute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flute</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sax</span></a>.</p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Easter</span></a> <br>Isaiah 65 v17 - 25. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/niewiederistjetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>niewiederistjetz</span></a> From your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Militant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Militant</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> My <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faith</span></a> informs my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> from there all else flows. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> <br>"and the greatest commandment is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Love</span></a>...."<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> 🐘 Be well my friends. "Where there is love the dark will never prevail" <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiFa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFa</span></a> 💖💖💖</p>
Grant_H<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodFriday</span></a> service.<br>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Church</span></a> has a tradition of a 3 hour service on Good Friday, with a series of short sermons and choir or dance items.</p><p>The original:<br><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1185070312" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deviantart.com/africanobserver</span><span class="invisible">/art/1185070312</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CapeTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapeTown</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@arrrg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arrrg</span></a></span> Apparently the #'evangelicals would says the 'good' <a href="https://mas.to/tags/methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methodist</span></a> man. N.B My former <a href="https://mas.to/tags/schoolfriend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schoolfriend</span></a> The Right Hon. Sir <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StephenTimms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenTimms</span></a> , Minister in charge of cutting <a href="https://mas.to/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> claims to be an '<a href="https://mas.to/tags/evangelical_christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evangelical_christian</span></a>'. We will be having words. Watch this space!</p>
Dave Warnock<p>In the UK tomorrow is the 30th annual <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racial</span></a> <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday</span></a>. Started by the <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> Church with the family of Stephen Lawrence it is now a Churches Together project.<br>With what is happening around us this is a critical time to stand and be counted on the side of <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> and <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> all of which are <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Scripture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scripture</span></a> sourced <a href="https://amastodon.uk/tags/Kingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kingdom</span></a> values.</p>
Cat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦<p>(Points and laughs) HA ha! </p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-black-dc-church-was-vandalized-by-the-proud-boys-now-the-church-controls-the-groups-trademark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-blac</span><span class="invisible">k-dc-church-was-vandalized-by-the-proud-boys-now-the-church-controls-the-groups-trademark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trademark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trademark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metropolitan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metropolitan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Episcopal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Episcopal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Church</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Oh this is great!</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> owed $1 million to Metropolitan African <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> Episcopal Church in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> after the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> attacked the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> in 2020</p><p>They didn't pay</p><p>So the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> just ruled that the church now *owns* their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trademark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trademark</span></a></p><p>🤣🤣🤣</p><p>An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AME</span></a> church legally owns the term "Proud Boys" and all of their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/merchandizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merchandizing</span></a>!</p><p>Couldn't have happened to a nicer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gang</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> assholes</p><p>🤣🤣🤣</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/04/a-historic-dc-black-church-now-owns-the-proud-boys-name/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonian.com/2025/02/04/a</span><span class="invisible">-historic-dc-black-church-now-owns-the-proud-boys-name/</span></a></p>
Bedfordview Methodist Church<p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> Hello, Fediverse and Bluesky! We're very happy to be here.</p><p>We're a beautiful, diverse <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> Christian community based in Bedfordview, South Africa. Follow us for news and updates about all our activities and initiatives, and inspirational Bible verses.</p><p>Our service times are as follows:<br>* 08:30 - Traditional Service<br>* 10:00 - Contemporary Service<br>* 11:00 - Vernacular Service</p><p>We also have an evening Fellowship Group, meeting every Sunday at 18:30, with a minister attending once a month to administer Holy Communion.</p><p>If you're close by, please consider joining us. We'd love to see you!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> Why I'm proud of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pembroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pembroke</span></a>. A long history of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dissenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissenters</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/non_conformists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>non_conformists</span></a> &amp; my own particular <a href="https://mas.to/tags/way" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>way</span></a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Wesley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wesley</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a></p>
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://www.umcjustice.org/latest/church-and-society-opposes-mass-deportation-in-u-s-3739" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">umcjustice.org/latest/church-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-society-opposes-mass-deportation-in-u-s-3739</span></a></p><p>Good for the the United Methodist Church!</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Imigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Imigration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p>SMU's bid to split from church goes to Texas Supreme Court </p><p>Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@texastribune" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>texastribune</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/02/texas-supreme-court-smu-united-methodist-church/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/01/02/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-supreme-court-smu-united-methodist-church/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>