For years, the United Methodist Church has been plagued by a growing, powerful movement of denominational leaders openly defying our denomination’s clear, biblical standards on marriage and sexual morality. Indeed, the unsustainability of such church anarchy and the increasing stridency of liberal activists was the immediate (but definitely not the sole) cause of our denomination’s current slow-motion split. However, several recent rulings, from both bishops and our denomination’s Judicial Council, have dealt significant blows against the United Methodist disobedience movement.
These recent rulings all show how faithful, theologically traditionalist United Methodists can still make a positive difference in defending biblical standards on marriage within the UMC, even when we are badly outvoted. And they showcase how liberal United Methodists should expect to continue seeing their agendas challenged and sometimes even thwarted the more and the longer theologically orthodox…
