Who Are We?
We are United Methodists committed to the embodiment of God's love and justice within and through the people and mission of The United Methodist Church ...to assure The United Methodist Church is fully open to the presence, love and grace of God offered to all people.
Our Values
Our values are grounded in our Wesleyan theology: grace, dignity, relationships, justice, and solidarity. All plans under consideration fall short of the glory of God. (Rom. 3:23) We grieve systems of oppression, including the harm that the church is doing to LGBTQ+ people in our congregations and communities. The imperfections of the plans leave us with important questions from our values:
Grace
What expresses God’s grace and move us on toward perfection?
Dignity
What brings dignity to God’s beloved people currently living in oppression?
Relationships
What helps us respond to Christ’s call to be in relationship to transform the world?
Justice
Can we work with the plans on the table to seek justice for all of God’s children?
Solidarity
How do we stand side-by-side to resist colonialism and support each other?
United Methodist Church (UMC) leaders of the Love Your Neighbor Coalition, comprised of thirteen organizations, spoke out after the UMC Judicial Council ruled on three plans in the final Report of the Commission on a Way Forward. After almost 50 years of dissention over marriage and ordination for LGBTQ+ people, the Commission was mandated by the UMC Council of Bishops to develop a plan to keep the church together. The Commission met for over two years to develop and review options to present to a specially called General Conference, February 23-26, 2019…