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UM & Global | Recommended reading: A Message to the Global UMC from UMC Africa Initiative

August 9, 2016 By David W. Scott Leave a Comment

Original Posting At http://www.umglobal.org/2016/08/recommended-reading-message-to-global.html


While much has been written by Americans about American perspectives on the Commission on a Way Forward and the possibilities and perils of its work for the future of the denomination, few voices from outside the US have been lifted up in that conversation. Thus, it is with interest that I pass along a significant African voice’s statement on that nexus of issues. The statement comes from the UMC Africa Initiative, an effort by African UMC leaders to coordinate African General Conference delegates and advocate for African concerns at General Conference. You can read more about the UMC Africa Initiative in this UMNS story.

The statement, written primarily by Rev. Jerry Kulah, dean of the UMC Gbarnga School of Theology and long-time prominent voice among African United Methodists, mainly articulates a forceful argument for biblical supremacy in the life of the denomination. As part of that overall emphasis on the Bible, the statement calls for continuing the denomination’s current stance on homosexuality. The statement also calls for the continued unity of the UMC, provided that the Bible remains supreme.

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