United Methodist Pastor Preaches for Gay Equality Within
Willow Grove United Methodist Church pastor, the Rev. Cynthia Skripak, discusses her sermon on why the United Methodist Church should allow openly gay clergy and members.
Earlier this month, during the church service of Willow Grove United Methodist Church, the Rev. Cynthia Skripak stood behind the pulpit and talked about heartbreak. “If it were possible to hear the sounds of hearts breaking, you would have heard a thunderous crack late this past week coming from Tampa, Florida,” Skripak said. “That’s where our global United Methodist Church was meeting for the every-four-year General Conference.” In a sermon she titled, “Nobody’s Perfect,” the pastor of Upper Moreland’s longest-running church preached on why her church’s General Conference got it wrong with its stance on homosexuality. The 2012 United Methodist Church General Conference Every four years, the United Methodist Church (UMC) holds a global …
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elizabeth meiser
11:52 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
I think you're neglecting to ask the right question here, WOMEN cannot preach according to scripture. Pastoral Biblical requirements are the *husband of one wife, *father of well behaved children. Women cannot even preach the whole bible or else they would be in direct contradiction to it! Now they just erase those other little pesky verses regarding homosexuals... are you kidding me? Good …   more ›