The recent trouble in the Methodist denomination budding from the unbiblical doctrine concerning gay and homosexual practices seem to be trending deeper on the negative.
Just a day ago, Bishop Samuel J. Quire, Jr. said he was deeply saddened and gravely concerned by recent reports of a violent and deadly ambush on members of the church in a district in Nigeria.
Bishop Quire is the president of the West Africa Central Conference of bishops. He recently escaped from the anger of distraught church goers in Paynesville, outside Monrovia when he reportedly presented a preaching point on the topic of gay and homosexuality in Liberia.
Amidst this unwholesome development, the church’s women president has tendered in her resignation citing other reasons, including the gay misgiving.
Dr. Muriel V. Nelson, the Conference Women President of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Liberia, has officially resigned from her position.
In her resignation letter, Dr. Nelson cited the recent decision by the Liberia Annual Conference (LAC), the executive decision-making body of the church to ratify regionalization.
She also declared her immediate departure from the United Methodist Church.
Dr. Nelson expressed further that the actions taken by the 2020/2024 General Conference regarding human sexuality—including the acceptance of homosexuality, the ordination of self-avowed practicing homosexuals and the redefinition of marriage within the UMC—have caused division among the women of the church.
As a result, she said, various factions have emerged, such as Be UMC, IMC and Global Methodist (GMC), while others have chosen to leave entirely in pursuit of a peaceful spiritual journey.
In a letter addressed to the LAC and the West Africa Central Conference Women, Dr. Nelson reminded the church that under traditional church discipline, the Women’s Organization remains autonomous, though still connected to the church through its missions and ministries.
She said that the leadership’s decision to abstain from participating in the rebranded UMC is not based on any “false or unjust suspension.” Rather, it is a prayerful and faith-driven decision that prioritizes spiritual conviction over material incentives.
“As this new quadrennial usher in unfamiliar and concerning changes within the rebranded United Methodist Church,” Madam Nelson stated, “I cannot continue to serve in an executive capacity.”
Consequently, the former Conference Women President is urging women across local churches, districts and the broader conference to make personal, prayerful decisions about how best to serve God in peace.
Source: SpoonTV