Mennonites Go Gay, Passing Resolutions Affirming Same-Sex Marriage
The largest Mennonite denomination in the United States has gone gay, passing a resolution in June, with 55.7% of delegates committing itself to full LGBTQ inclusion in the church, and in a separate vote, 82.8% of members repealed previous prohibitions from pastors officiating same sex weddings, declaring in part:
Current policies of Mennonite Church USA do violence to LGBTQIA people by failing to
affirm their full, God-given identities and by restricting their full participation in the life,
ministries and rituals of the broader church. The rejection of LGBTQIA people by MC USA has
silenced and denied ministry callings, torn apart families, forced parents to choose between their
church and their child, and caused many LGBTQIA people to leave the church. In some cases,
rejection by their faith community is a factor in LGBTQIA people self-harming or even dying by
suicide
…Excluding LGBTQIA people from the church is a rejection of God’s joyous delight in the diversity of creation and a denial of the Divine image and breath animating all humankind… It is a denial of the work of the Holy Spirit who empowers LGBTQIA Christians to give and receive every gift in the body of Christ.
In the last 25 years, the denomination, which can trace its roots back to 16th century Anabaptists, has been dying, going from 135,000 members in 1998, to 62,000 in 2021. This will surely exacerbate the situation, with many conservative churches likely to leave on account of it.
According to MC USA Executive Director Glen Guyton. “This weekend, we did the demanding work of struggling together as the body of Christ. We will continue to live into our Renewed Commitments of following Jesus, witnessing to God’s peace and helping those we encounter to experience the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.”
h/t The Dissenter
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It wouldn’t surprise me if they start outright worshiping Satan before long. I can hear it now, “poor, poor, poor marginalized underdog, kicked out of Heaven, forever rejected. God is such a meanie”
Funny but true.