ACTION
ALERT from
UNITED
METHODISTS FOR OPEN MEMBERSHIP
umom1032@gmail.com
Our
denomination has just been hijacked by judicial activists
on the United Methodist Judicial Council.
In
Decision 1032 the Judicial Council has:
-
refuted our Methodist heritage of accepting all into
the membership of our churches.
-
undone large pieces of the due process protection guaranteed
to laity of the United Methodist
Church by the UM Book of Discipline.
-
invented a role for the pastor to act as sole judge and jury
around fitness for
membership.
-
replaced the strong guarantees of inclusiveness contained in paragraph
4 of the church's
constitution with a principle of pastoral discretion.
Should
this ruling stand, there will be no limits as to
who might be refused membership.
The
ruling handed down by the Judicial
Council is chilling in its implications.
WE
CAN NOT LET THIS DECISION STAND!
TAKE
ACTION:
Write to the Judicial Council and
demand that they, on their
own motion, reconsider and reverse Decision 1032.
Read
the
decision carefully (web link
below) and then express your own deep concerns
about its
contents.
Please be respectful in your
tone. Ask that the Judicial Council respond
directly to your letter.
Send
letters and/or emails to:
Keith Boyette, Secretary
United Methodist Judicial
Council
10501 Plank Road
Spotsylvania, VA 22553
judicialcouncil@umc.org
Bishop Peter Weaver, President
Council of Bishops
P.O. Box 249
Lawrence, MA 01842-0449
bishopsoffice@neumc.org
UMOM
P.O. Box 15750
Washington, DC 20003
Umom1032@gmail.com
Pass
this action alert on to every fair-minded United
Methodist you know. Tell them to take
action
now. Make
sure they send the UMOM a copy of their
letters with their name, address and email so we
can keep
them connected
and let them know of further united actions!
Web
link for JC decision 1032
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