Here We Stand
Calling the United Methodist Church to Embody God's Love and Justice.

I would encourage United Methodists and friends to visit this web page as it is addressing the Judicial Council Decision 1032 which allowed a pastor to deny membership to a gay man.

Eligibility for Church MembershipThe most important paragraph of the Discipline relating to membership in The United Methodist Church is ¶ 4, which is Article IV of the Constitution and is entitled “Inclusiveness of the Church.” It reads in full as follows:

From the Book of Discipline

The United Methodist Church is a part of the church universal, which is one Body in Christ. The United Methodist Church acknowledges that all persons are of sacred worth. All persons without regard to race, color, national origin, status, or economic condition, shall be eligible to attend its worship services, participate in its programs, receive the sacraments, upon baptism be admitted as baptized members, and upon taking vows declaring the Christian faith, become professing members in any local church in the connection. In The United Methodist Church no conference or other or-ganizational unit of the Church shall be structured so as to exclude any member or any constituent body of the Church because of race, color, national origin, status or eco-nomic condition.

If you feel so inclined Please sign the petition.

http://www.herewestandumc.org/