The following report is by the Christian Post:
The Methodist Church in Great Britain released an “Inclusive Language Guide” this month advising Methodists to avoid using gendered terms such as “husband” and “wife” because such allegedly assumes what is not “the reality for many people.”
As Christians, we need to have the courage for conversations that can sometimes be difficult, to recognize that we sometimes exclude people, to listen with humility, to repent of any hurtful language and to take care with how we listen and what we say or write, in the Spirit of Christ.
says the guidance, which will be updated every six months.
The guidance offered as a general principle the idea that there is “infinite variety in the way that God’s creation is expressed in human life,” and offered “husband” and “wife” as examples of terminology that “may sound inoffensive but it makes assumptions about a family or personal life that is not the reality for many people.”
The guidance offered the words “parent,” “partner,” “child,” and “carer” as suitable alternatives.
The guide goes on to list extensive categories of people with whom Methodists are advised to use “sensitive and inclusive” language when addressing minorities that have been “marginalized and/or demonized by common culture.”
The guide urges steering clear of “ageism” by avoiding terms like “old people,” to embrace “anti-racist language” by encouraging use of “ethnicity” instead of “race,” and to avoid language that negatively emphasizes a person’s immigration status or English skills.
Antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric are also discouraged, and the guidance also encourages Methodists to tread carefully with their terminology when addressing “disabled and neurodiverse people” and those with mental illness.
The guide emphasized why its important that the U.K.-based Methodist Church “uses language that is inclusive of LGBT+ people,” and advised using the language an individual prefers, including the pronouns by which they choose to identify.
The denomination passed resolutions in 2021 to approve the blessing of same-sex unions and recognize cohabitating couples.
Using the language that individuals use for themselves shows that we care as a Church and that we affirm them as a child of God.
the guidance says.
The guidance concludes by pointing readers to nonprofits that include the left-wing Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Stonewall, an LGBT charity in the U.K. whose guidance found its way into schools throughout the country.
We are proud of our Inclusive Language Guide. It helps the Church hold conversations without making assumptions or inadvertently causing upset. Some find this especially useful when talking with those who may have had a different life experience to their own.
a spokesperson for the denomination told The Christian Post.
Regarding whether gendered language would still be used in Methodist marriage ceremonies, the spokesperson said:
Couples getting married in a Methodist Church will discuss with the minister how they wish to be referred to during their service. This ensures that the ceremony reflects who they are.
Father Calvin Robinson, who has been outspoken in fighting progressivism in the Church of England, blasted the U.K.-based Methodist Church for its guidance and suggested it’s symptomatic of a neo-Marxist attempt to effectively destroy it.
“This is not Christianity,” Robinson wrote on X. “It is Critical Theories: ‘smash heteronormativity.’ It is no longer enough to acknowledge disordered lifestyles. Everything normative and ordered must be demolished for fear of causing offense.”
“Critical Theories is neo-Marxism. It is a communist ideology, antithetical to the Christian faith. It is not possible to be a communist *and* a Christian. One must make a choice. Embrace the ways of this trendy yet toxic ideology, or embrace God’s order,” he continued, and urged the Methodist Church to “pick one.”
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The Methodists have been warring over this issue of sodomy and all this radical progressive philosophy for years now, cultivating in there being an official church split in 2021 in the U.S., leading to the creation of the Global Methodist Church; a new so-called conservative branch of the Methodists that basically affirm everything a typical Methodist would, the only real main difference being their stances on sodomy and all these extreme progressivism.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 5:28
These absolute rotten pieces of filth are going to have their day. The Methodists have had problems since their inception, but that pales in comparison to what is going on now. Of course, the Protestants and Methodists have been at the forefront with this radical progressive garbage for a long time now, and have openly been under Rome’s thumb for even longer. It’s no wonder why you are seeing a resurgence in people, particularly in younger men and older boys, attracted to Roman Catholicism of old, and their conquests and crusades, because of just how absurd its getting with all this radical progressive junk.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:13
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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The Methodist cult is super liberal and heretical and is actually the sister of the Pentecostal cult too.
I remember going to a Methodist cult center before the Pentecostal one, and I just remember it being super boring and the hireling there was very effeminate and milquetoast.
“It’s no wonder why you are seeing a resurgence in people, particularly in younger men and older boys, attracted to Roman Catholicism of old, and their conquests and crusades, because of just how absurd its getting with all this radical progressive junk.“
That’s actually the agenda, to bring everyone back under Rome. Her daughters (denominations) act totally liberal and off the hooks with their absurd and unacceptable behavior that finally, still in deception, they see that the Roman Catholic mother is conservative and more serious and they’re attracted to that.
It ALMOST happened to me because of the pentecostal daughter’s antics and all the garbage of the televangelists as well as that “christian” movie Fireproof.
I’m just so thankful that God rescued me from that trap when He sent me Bryan Denlinger, thank you Lord!
I call Methodists, ‘Marxodists’, as that seems more fitting. They really starting going super sideways in the late 1960’s.
Marxodists, that’s a good one! They’re beyond leftist by this point.
These crackpots do not realize by addressing people as “husband” and “wife” eliminates the need for assumptions, contrary to this new tenet the Methodist Church has latched onto.
There must be some psychic health in the area I live, for alot of Methodist churches have closed or have split on doctrinal issues, and the masonic lodge is up for sale. There are still pockets of good news; how much longer that will last is anyone’s guess.
They might as well merge with the Roman Catholic Church and call it Methalics instead of Chrislam. None of them read the Word, so they have no idea what it says. What a shame, but it’s their choice to go down the slippery slope to hell.