GMC Shock and Awe

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Google GMC and you get a car company. Spell it out and you get the Board of Global Ministries of the UMC. And yet, it is easy to find information about the new denomination called the Global Methodist Church. There are many remarkable, even shocking, things about this proposal. Here are a few personal observations.

To start with, the word “homosexual” is not used anywhere, nor is the word “incompatible,” even though this has been at the center of the struggle for years. I applaud this positive and progressive move. No one should be defined by a “single story” of their lives, especially with a word that was listed as a psychological disorder when originally put into the Book of Discipline and is still misused in some translations of scripture to connote abusive, promiscuous, and hedonistic behaviors. All agree that such behaviors are incompatible with Christian teachings and not to…

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Author: Michael Roberts

I currently serve as the Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and as a delegate to General Conference. Other appointments include 10 years as the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Conway, Arkansas. Playing guitar, reading/writing, and theological conversation are among my favorite pastimes. My wife, Deidre, is also an ordained United Methodist Pastor, and we have three wonderful adult children, and two grandchildren. I hold degrees from the University of Central Arkansas (BA), Duke University Divinity School (M.Div), and Southern Methodist University (D.Min). I am the author of a series of books, "Wanting More: Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, Inspired by the Teachings of John Wesley," "Awakening Through Wilderness: Lent, Easter, and Pentecost Inspired by the Teachings of John Wesley," and "Radically Blessed: The Core Teachings of Jesus Inspired by the Sermons of John Wesley."

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