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 | | The real strength to the movement, of course, is that it is the people in the pews giving voice to, and standing firm in, their belief that Jesus Christ alone is the way, the truth and the life. | | | Since its inception, the Confessing Church Movement has been grounded in Presbyterians who simply are standing up and saying who they are and in whom they believe, what their authority is for that belief, and what its application is to life. | | | Although often maligned by denominational leaders in the past, the continually growing Confessing Church Movement represents the evangelical wing of the denomination that is most committed to faithful stewardship and worship. |
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| | As of November 20, the Confessing Church Movement was comprised of 1,284 churches (11.5% of the denomination), representing 427,397 members (17.2% of the denomination). | | | From the beginning, the tenets of the Confessing Church Movement have drawn opposition as Presbyterians throughout the church struggled over what it means to confess the faith. | | | The daily average through the first 610 days of the movement is 2.2 churches and 719 members, with the average size of a Confessing Church being 333 members. |
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| | The Confessing Church Movement's statement of faith is a pledge of allegiance to fundamentalism. | | | The Confessing Church Movement's claim that scripture is "the Church's only infallible rule of faith" means the same thing as the fundamentalist notion that the Bible is "inerrant." | | | But the Confessing Church Movement, Presbyterians for Renewal and the Laymen are an "extreme faction." Their "rule or ruin" approach is the real divider. |
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| | Northminster Presbyterian Church - Confessing Church Movement |
| | In addition to confessing the three essential beliefs that are the cornerstones of the movement, the session of Northminster also commended the Presbyterian Coalition's theological statement "Union in Christ: A Declaration for the Church" to the congregation for study; and reaffirmed its support of the work and vision of Presbyterians for Renewal. | | | The Confessing Church Movement has developed within the Presbyterian Church (USA) in response to a number of disturbing trends in the national denomination. | | | On July 24, 2001, Northminster Presbyterian Church registered its commitment to and participation in the Confessing Church Movement through passage of a Session Resolution. |
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| | News from Agape Press |
| | The website states that churches in PC(USA) Confessing Church Movement commit to three "essential doctrines": that Jesus Christ alone is Lord of all and the way of salvation; that the Bible is God's revealed and infallible Word; and that God's people are called to live holy lives. | | | The Movement started in Pennsylvania on March 21 in response to a decision by the PC(USA)'s General Assembly Council not to require Presbyterian speakers at church-sponsored events to adhere to the denomination's biblical and confessional statements. | | | The Confessing Church Movement is meeting today at Pennsylvania's Grove City College, where the Presbyterian Lay Committee is sponsoring the annual Faith and Life Conference. |
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| | Banner of Truth Trust General Articles |
| | As the Confessing Church Movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA) continues to grow, some people still are unsure as to how to get their congregation recognized as a Confessing Church. | | | Sessions have adopted a variety of resolutions, but all cite three core beliefs: that Jesus alone is the world's Lord and Savior, that Scripture is the infallible rule of life and faith, and that God's standards for holy life have not been pre-empted by cultural changes. | | | The Rev. Dan Reuter, pastor of Prospect Presbyterian Church in Prospect, Pa., said his congregation was in the movement because it appeared that "there is no connection between The Book of Confessions and the actions and decisions of many of the leaders of the Presbyterian Church (USA). |
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| | Presbyterian Outlook |
| | Second, the movement is responding to a pervasive loss of awe and reverence in the presence of the Holy in today’s church, which is a concomitant of life in a postmodern culture whose basic faith lies in humanity itself rather than the living God. | | | Third, the confessing churches are reacting against the mantle of righteousness of the left of center which has claimed the mantle of orthodoxy in the Presbyterian Church for most of the past 40 years. | | | The mission and future of the confessing church movement is as open and as pregnant with possibility as that of the Theological Task Force for the Peace, Unity and Purity of the Church. |
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| | untiedmethodist.com: Confessing Movement statement on unity risks fostering disunity |
| | The Confessing Movement, a caucus within United Methodism devoted to "orthodox Trinitarian faith" and opposed to "homosexual practice," (see logo above) issued a statement about unity within the United Methodist Church during a recent conference attended by some 300 people. | | | One of the reasons I have backed away a bit from the Confessing Movement is that while their faith and mine are very close, I feel that they often unfairly villanize the progressive camp. | | | If members of the Confessing Movement are arguing that only people who believe like them are capable of these kinds of lifestyle qualities, this seems to me to be to fostering disunity. |
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| | The confessing church movement is "the first thing the orthodox and the renewal side of the church have had to stand up and say `Yes' to in a decade," said Bob Davis of the Presbyterian Forum, an evangelical group. | | | At the same time, the confessing church movement has given some congregations a sense of empowerment – a conviction that it's time for congregations that have felt out-of-touch with denominational policies to speak out about what they believe. | | | There has been criticism of the confessing church movement – particularly from Jack Rogers, moderator of the 213th General Assembly, who has pointed out that the Presbyterian process of writing confessions typically has involved the whole church, not just individual congregations, and a long period of discernment and study and prayer. |
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| | The Confessing Church Movement thanks God for Jesus dying on a cross for our sins, thanks God for his Word the Bible and thanks God for calling leaders who raise the standard of holiness. | | | The Confessing Church Movement did not gather together big theologians or "experts" of our church but, instead, is a local church movement led by people on the front line of ministry. | | | This movement has no leader or organization but instead has been born and empowered by the Holy Spirit. |
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| | Perspective: The Confessing Movement Debate - SMU |
| | Rightly or wrongly, the Confessing Movement believes there is a crisis in the church concerning the nature and purpose of Christ. | | | The Document states, "The United Methodist Church is now incapable of confessing with one voice the orthodox Trinitarian faith, particularly Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the Savior of the world, and the Lord of history and the Church." | | | Swomley's ambivalence towards the truth claims of scripture and the creeds of the church, and the substitution of his own truth claims from the cultural left sound like the same tired rhetoric of our educational elite. |
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| | Conservative Presbyterians fault leaders, urge reforms |
| | Although the movement began soon after the nation's presbyteries rejected a proposed ban on same-sex blessing ceremonies, both Davis and Roberts insisted that sexuality issues are not the driving force of the Confessing Church Movement. | | | To date, 49 churches have joined the movement and 66 are in the process, representing a total of 80,000 Presbyterians. | | | It began in March in Beaver-Butler Presbytery after Summit Presbyterian Church in Jefferson, Butler County, persuaded the presbytery to adopt a confession in faith in Christ as savior, in the authority of scripture and in the teaching that sex is only appropriate within heterosexual marriage. |
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| | In addition, some congregations and presbyteries have affirmed the basic tenets of the Confessing Church Movement, while not specifically endorsing the movement. | | | The average size of a Confessing Church is 331 members. | | | The membership numbers have been supplied by the congregations themselves or from data compiled by Research Services of the Presbyterian Church (USA). |
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| | Due to the tremendous growth of the Confessing Church Movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA), and in order to more fully present news, information, resources and other material about the movement, the Web site has moved. |
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| | David Lull Comments on The Confessing Movement |
| | I am especially distressed by the absence of charity in their condemnation of those who disagree with their understanding of "orthodoxy." A welcome contrast is found in the Council of Bishops, who have set an exemplary tone for the discussion of theological differences in the church. | | | "The Confessing Movement" poses a serious threat to the historic character and identity of the United Methodist Church. | | | Part of an effort that goes back at least to the "Houston Declaration" in 1987 and the "Memphis Declaration" in 1992, it seeks to put narrow limits on the openness of our church to free theological exploration by defining what they regard to be "orthodox" doctrines. |
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| | The Confessing Movement was organized in 1994 and in 1995 issued "A Confessional Statement," which can be seen at http://www.confessingumc.org, calling for other United Methodists to join in confessing Jesus Christ as "The Son, The Savior, The Lord," and vowing to "vigorously challenge and hold accountable those that undermine this confession." | | | My hope is that that movement will ordain some of the ministers rejected by this and other Conferences. | | | This ecclesiastical aberration would be of little interest to anyone who was not thinking of working in The United Methodist ministry, except that the phrase used - the "Lordship" of Christ - is the catch-phrase of the Confessing Movement, a movement aiming to purge The United Methodist Church of theological liberals. |
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| | Presbyterians: Presbyterians Launch 'Confessing Movement' - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com |
| | A burgeoning "confessing church movement" is calling Presbyterians to affirm that "Jesus Christ alone is Lord of all and the way of salvation" and that the Bible is "the Church's only infallible rule of faith and life." The document also calls for sexual purity within the confines of marriage between one man and one woman. | | | The movement began at Summit Presbyterian Church in western Pennsylvania, part of a regional presbytery that last year said liberals and conservatives had reached an "irreconcilable impasse." Organizers say in the first few weeks since the document's release, as many as 1,000 churches have expressed interest or support. | | | Conservatives within the Presbyterian Church (USA), upset with their denomination's liberal drift on human sexuality and biblical authority, are circulating a three-point pledge to member churches, and some conservatives are threatening to withhold money if the national church leadership does not also sign on. |
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| | Fledgling Presbyterian Confessing movement gains impressive ground |
| | Despite the dissension, Mentze and Williamson said the Confessing movement is part of a long and healthy tradition of spiritual evaluation, fostered through history including the Nicene Creed of 381 A.D., Luther's 95 theses and the Barmen Declaration, a 1934 pact by German churches shunning Nazism by pledging allegiance to the church of Jesus Christ. | | | A conservative movement, born in March out of a Pennsylvania congregation's growing concern over changing social positions within the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., has spread to more than 650 congregations or nearly 6 percent of the denomination's 11,000 churches. | | | Those aligning with the movement must submit a statement, which has to be approved by each congregation's session, the governing council for local churches. |
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| | The purpose of the Confessing Movement is to contend for the apostolic faith within the United Methodist Church. | | | "The Confessing Movement is a witness by United Methodist lay men and women, clergy, and congregations who pledge unequivocal and confident allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ according to 'the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints' (Jude 3). | | | It will seek to reclaim and reaffirm the Church's ancient ecumenical faith in Wesleyan terms within United Methodism." |
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| | The movement was initiated March 21 by Summit Presbyterian Church in the Beaver-Butler Presbytery in western Pennsylvania. | | | This is a Web site dedicated to serving a national celebration of the Confessing Church Movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA). | | | Paul Roberts, pastor of Summit Presbyterian Church, said 25 congregations are members of the Evangelical Network of the Beaver-Butler Presbytery. |
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| | titusonenine » Blog Archive » A letter from Bishop Bob Duncan to the Confessing Methodist Movement |
| | I am hopeful this letter will also be a source of encouragement to all the members of the Confessing Movement on the eve of the quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church to commence on April 27, here in Pittsburgh, Pa., home of the Network. | | | As we move into this season of challenge to Orthodoxy and needed reform within the Episcopal Church and the wider church in North America, it is the Network’s intention to foster partnerships with other spiritually like-minded and biblically faithful Christians of other denominations. | | | It is with this goal in mind that I write to express the Network’s solidarity with the Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church. |
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| | Welcome to the Confessing Church Family of Webs |
| | The Commissioners shall call upon the Judeo-Christian community of faith and the Islamic community of faith to seek a peaceful resolution of issues that have led to violent conflict in the Middle East region and beyond. | | | Confessing Church Forums (Post questions and comments for others to respond to!) | | | Confessing Church Movement of the PC(USA) Web Ring! |
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| | The Confessing Movement invites all United Methodists to sign the Confessional Statement and also invites local churches to affirm the Statement by action of their Administrative Boards, Administrative Councils, or Charge Conferences. | | | Barbara Brokhoff, approved conference evangelist (Florida), also spoke and reminded the conference that United Methodism must retain its central focus upon Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, because "when we are away from our center, we sound like cackling witches." She added, "Some things in the church are life and death issues. | | | "We need a Confessing Movement because the substance and content of the faith have been called into question in our culture, and more conspicuously within the church at large." We expect such a challenge from our pluralistic society, Abraham observed. |
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| | Welcome to the Web site about the Confessing Church Movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA). | | | Sign up for news updates about the Confessing Church Movement. | | | This site provides news, information, resources and other material -- including contact information about congregations -- as a service to those who are taking a stand by proclaiming their commitment to three essential doctrines: |
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| | Turning the Mainline Around - Christianity Today Magazine |
| | Now the movement stakes out theological territory that extends well beyond the homosexuality issue, affirming that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation; the Bible is the infallible rule of life and faith; and God's people are called to holiness. | | | The fastest-growing group is the Confessing Church Movement of the PCUSA. | | | Away from the headlines, most of the renewal movement's energy is being poured into the spiritual invigoration of congregational life. |
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| | That movement seeks to replace the "patriarchal" God of the Scriptures with feminine deities. | | | A new United Methodist hymnal supplement called "The Faith We Sing", which is published by the United Methodist Board of Discipleship and the United Methodist Publishing House, contains several hymns that refer to God as "Mother" and refer to Her divine womb. | | | Upon finishing she asked, "If this is a missions conference, and this is your number one goal, then why hasn't it even been mentioned?" The adult leaders seemed unable to respond. |
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| | The most disturbing element in the Layman's justification for the Confessing Movement is the manner in which Presbyterians who do not share this theological view are portrayed. | | | There is a legalism about the "Confessing Church Movement," which stands in sharp contrast to Jesus' way of teaching that demonstrated truth rather than imposing it. | | | Jane Hanna's recent essay on "What should we really be confessing?" seems to have attracted some attention from friends on the Right side of the Presbyterian Church. |
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| | Extremism Reexamined |
| | The assumption is that, by supporting the classical ecumenical Christian faith affirmed in the Confession, one is viewed as a marginalized leader – only able to minister among those who share one's doctrinal position. | | | Some of this, I think, stems from misinformed leaders who believe that the Confessing Movement is somehow at odds with the Church. | | | Ironically, if I may permitted a wry comment, The Confessing Movement Within The United Methodist Church is characterized by an almost pathological loyalty to the existing denominational institution. |
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| | CONFESSING CHURCH MOVEMENT RESOLUTION |
| | Urge their session and presbytery to affirm these confessions and to declare that they will not ordain, install or employ in any ministry position any person who will not affirm them. | | | Urge the 2001 General Assembly to instruct the General Assembly Council to require that all program personnel uphold these confessions and ensure that these confessions are followed faithfully in all programs and polices of the Presbyterian Church (USA). | | | We therefore, in this spirit, announce our commitment to the Confessing Church Movement and we implore all Presbyterians who share these historic Christian convictions to: |
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| | In Defense of Disbelief |
| | Our rampant desire to reduce knotty particularities to spongy generalities has led a cynical friend to confess that he grabs first for his wife and then for his wallet when he hears this gnostic word "spirituality." William Temple spoke similar wisdom when he declared Christianity to be the world’s most materialistic religion. | | | In response to the Nazi evils, Barth led the Confessing Church to develop the Barmen Declaration, a document wherein every credimus [we believe] is followed by its corollary damnamus [we reject]. | | | At its best, this new concern with the spiritual life reflects a laudable desire to make Christian faith a matter of the heart no less than the head, a discipline of devotional practices rather than a repetition of doctrinal propositions. |
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| | Florida Confessing Association Homepage |
| | The purpose of the Florida Confessing Association within the United Methodist Church is to faithfully present and represent classical Christianity in the Florida Conference by confessing Jesus Christ as Son, Savior and Lord. | | | It is our goal to stand firm on the biblical witness to this historic testimony which Jude described as the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. | | | What is the Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church? |
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| | Crisis in the Church |
| | CUMA believes that when all remedies in church conferences, hearings and reviews have failed to accomplish even a modicum of accountability, it is time to seek whatever remedies remain in both church and constitutional law. | | | CUMA shall be directed by a steering committee composed of three persons from each of the following renewal organizations: Good News, the Institute on Religion and Democracy, and the Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church. | | | INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- "We believe the witness and ministry of our church is being undermined by increasing disobedience to church doctrine and standards, neglect of due process, and unfair administration on the part of some bishops and district superintendents," said renewal leaders from three renewal movements in a meeting here February 3 and 4. |
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| | Filet O'Faith: Why I Signed On With the Confessing Movement |
| | I have heard the stories of a United Methodist bishop denying the divinity of Christ, but that was somewhere else, not here, not in the buckle of the Bible belt. | | | No longer could I quietly sit by and watch the faith that nurtured and guided my turbulent life be filleted. | | | Only the committed made the journey and heard the most important message of Jesus' lifetime. |
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| | Biblical_Witness |
| | The Biblical Witness Fellowship (BWF) is a confessing movement within the United Church of Christ. | | | Search the pages listed below to find encouragement, information, and resources for renewal, reformation, and missions in the Evangelical, Congregational, and Reform congregations that relate to the United Church of Christ (UCC). |
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| | Interview with Bp Thad Barnum |
| | And if you look back at the great movements of John Wesley and all the great men of God, they stayed with the secure, godly, expository work of preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. | | | Archbishop Kolini, Bishop Rucyahana, and the people that we know in these areas all came to the Lord Jesus Christ from the movement of revival, the movement of the Holy Spirit working so that mass evangelism was taking place. | | | We are very clear that, in our worship, there is the time to enter into song and praise, and there is a time to hear the Word of God. |
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| | Occasionally, we are asked, "If you are not happy here, why don't you join another denomination?" Our response is, "Because our beliefs are in agreement with the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Bible, John Wesley, and - we believe - a majority of the laity, as reflected by two studies we have. | | | For the most up-to-date information on what is happening in our United Methodist Church, click on the "Unofficial Confessing Movement" button to the left. | | | It seeks to inform motivated Christians in actions contributing to church reform, provide assistance, and emphasize Christian discipleship. |
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| | Evangelical Lutheran Confessing Fellowship - Lutherans organize Confessing Movement (June 18, 2002) |
| | While Confessing movements supporting orthodox Christian teachings have been successfully organized among Methodists, Presbyterians and other North American Protestant church bodies, until now a nationwide confessional movement has been noticeably absent from the 5.1 million member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). | | | Around 60 concerned ELCA pastors and laypersons meeting on June 18, 2002 at Christ Lutheran Church, Hamilton Square, Pennsylvania, approved governing documents, elected officers, approved fund raising activities, and set in place strategies for gathering support for orthodox teachings within the ELCA. | | | For further information please contact: The Rev. Christopher Hershman, MA, STM, DMin Licensed Psychologist/LMFT Covenant Counseling Services 923 North Brookside Road P.O. Box 3303 Allentown, PA 18106-0303 610-366-7880 Fax 610-366-1960 |
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| | Confessing Movement calls church to accountability (UMNS) - September 14, 1999 | | | Confessing Movement Issues Open Letter to Bishops Regarding Disobedience - November 5, 1998 | | | CM Open Letter arrives at Council of Bishop's Meeting - LA Bishop Presents Case for Homosexuality (UMNS) - November 11, 1998 |
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| | Presbyterian Confessing movement churches |
| | These churches are those whose sessions voted to join the Confessing Church Movement are listed below. | | | Statewide, 53 congregations with a total membership of 29,358, have officially backed the movement. |
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| | Press Release Regarding Confessing Church Movement |
| | At its annual meeting on October 12, 2001, the Board of Presbyterians Pro-Life endorsed the Confessing Church Movement, particularly in its desire to unify and reform the Presbyterian Church (USA), and its theological affirmations of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, the authority of Scripture, and the call to holiness in our daily lives and relationships. | | | We remind the congregations in the Confessing Church Movement that these three affirmations are consistent with the call to nurture, care and protect every innocent human life from fertilization until natural death. | | | PPL calls on congregations that confess Christ to work for the reversal of the official position of the PCUSA which permits abortion as a valid moral choice. |
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| | Holy Matrimony - The most important gay marriage battles will be fought in the pews. By Emily Bazelon |
| | Dammann came out three years ago in a letter to her bishop, confessing that she was raising a son in a committed lesbian relationship and needed to be truthful for her family's sake. | | | If you're wondering about the Jews, the Reform movement currently allows rabbis to bless same-sex relationships and to decide for themselves the religious significance of the ceremonies. | | | Last month, she was tried before a jury of 13 Methodist ministers for violating a tenet of church law that does not allow "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" to serve as clergy. |
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| | Arkansas Confessing Movement |
| | The Confessing Movement will seek to reclaim and reaffirm the Church's ancient ecumenical faith in Wesleyan terms within United Methodism. | | | The Confessing Movement will contend for the apostolic faith within the United Methodist Church. | | | The Confessing Movement will work in humility and reverence to clarify the doctrinal center and boundaries of classical Christian teaching. |
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| | Brethren Revival Fellowship (BRF) is a concern movement within the Church of the Brethren, seeking to call the Church to a firm stand for the authority of the Scriptures, and to an emphasis upon the teachings of the New Testament as historically understood by the Brethren. | | | The BRF Witness is the free bi-monthly publication prepared and distributed by the Brethren Revival Fellowship of the Church of the Brethren, in the interest of proclaiming and preserving Biblical values for living today. | | | See also The Brethren Revival Fellowship: A Loyal Concern Movement |
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| | Family.org - CitizenLink - FNIF News - Church Court Acquits Lesbian Minister |
| | "This is a kind of jury nullification that flaunts itself in the face of the doctrine, (the) discipline of the church," said Dr. Ira Galloway, associate director of the conservative Confessing Movement within the church. | | | James Heidinger, who is part of the renewal movement within the UMC, said that the denomination's Book of Discipline alone should have made the case open-and-shut. | | | It says, in part, " 'Self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church.' " |
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