Methodists go pro-life

Methodists go pro-life May 25, 2016

We mustn’t give up on the Protestant mainline.  At its recent General Conference, the United Methodist Church voted to repeal its four-decades-old resolution supporting abortion.  It also voted to withdraw from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

From  Evangelicals Cheer Pro-Life Vote at Methodist Conference | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com:

In one of the last actions of its 10-day General Conference, United Methodist delegates voted 445 to 310 to repeal the denomination’s 40-year-old official resolution supporting Roe v. Wade.

Paired with the earlier vote to withdraw from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), the church took “two MAJOR steps in the right direction,” tweetedJohn Lomperis, the United Methodist director at the Institute on Religion and Democracy.

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