Gay rights division leads to Minn. church closing

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Pam wrote:

Church leaders and pastors: take heed. This is what happens to churches where the leaders abandon Biblical truth for political expedience. PCUSA is going down even now, sure to accelerate if they pass the "gay marriage" change that a few in the denomination are seeking.

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qwerty26 wrote:

I had thought that the UCC was one of the most welcoming of all the various christian denominations. Too bad the former attendees didn't seem to care about their church's position on this matter.
Well, now all those former members who left in a huff of anger at their leader can buy the property and open their own little Westboro North branch church.

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qwerty26 wrote:

I had thought that the UCC was one of the most welcoming of all the various christian denominations. Too bad the former attendees didn't seem to care about their church's position on this matter.
Well, now all those former members who left in a huff of anger at their leader can buy the property and open their own little Westboro North branch church.

Manfried wrote:

No church that blesses what God condemns can consider themselves Christian.

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david traversa wrote:

All that talk about "love" didn't do much for this congregation; that's not what they went there for..

FaFoxy wrote:

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I'm UCC (and also an ELCA Lutheran) and the UCC IS among the most welcoming denominations of LGBT peolpe in my experience. This story is certainly not typical from my experience.
In 2009 I moved upstate New York. I went "church-shopping" and I attended 14 churches of different denominations looking for a nice church to join.
I visted churches and spoke to the pastor in the following denominations:
The United Church Of Christ (UCC)
The Lutheran Church (ELCA)
The United Methodist Church (UMC)
The Episcopal Church (TEC)
At EVERY ONE of those 14 churches I attended, I spoke to the pastor, told him or her that I was oepnly gay, and that I was looking for a church to join. And at EVERY ONE of those churches, I was told I was welcome to join and that being openly gay was not a problem.
I wound of joining "St. John's and St. Mark's Lutheran Church" in Canajoharie, New York, which was about 15 miles west of me. I remained a member there for 2 years until moving here to Oro Valley, Arizona.
Presently, I attend "Casas Adobes Congregational Church (UCC)" in Casas Adobes, Arizona, about 2 mile south of me.
I have ALWAYS found ALL Protestant churches of any denomination that I have visited or attended regularly to be welcoming of LGBT people.

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Manfried wrote:

No church that blesses what God condemns can consider themselves Christian.

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Manfried wrote:

No church that blesses what God condemns can consider themselves Christian.

david traversa wrote:

Funny how christians always refer to the Old Testament when they want to justify their bigotry..

P_Smith wrote:

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It's not just that they quote lies...I mean, lines...ok, lies from the old testicles which should annoy people. It's the fact that they quote specific single "verses" from the buybull while ignoring dozens of rules above and below it which apply to themselves.(It's called the buybull because one must buy the bull to believe it.)
Leviticus contains at least a hundred rules on behaviour which the religitards blissfully ignore:
"don't wear mixed fabrics"
"don't eat shellfish"
"don't touch a menstruating woman"
"don't cut your beard"
And so on. Instead, they quote - or rather MISquote - a single line that speaks against prostitution. The claim that it refers to gay people is a fiction based on a mistranslation of a non-existent word, "arsenokoites".