I cannot blame you -- and I'm so sorry you and your church are victims of this unnecessary schism. I didn't mention it earlier, but I was "recruited" by several clergy members in a UMC church where I volunteered throughout the 1990s to attend a UM seminary to be ordained as a pastor. I visited seminary several times and THIS CLOSE to attending. In retrospect...and I'm really sad to admit this out loud...I'm grateful that I did not go through that process. This split is heartbreaking, on so many levels, to so many people. Having said that, I KNOW there are Godly and effective UMC pastors that are still out there...
I cannot blame you -- and I'm so sorry you and your church are victims of this unnecessary schism. I didn't mention it earlier, but I was "recruited" by several clergy members in a UMC church where I volunteered throughout the 1990s to attend a UM seminary to be ordained as a pastor. I visited seminary several times and THIS CLOSE to attending. In retrospect...and I'm really sad to admit this out loud...I'm grateful that I did not go through that process. This split is heartbreaking, on so many levels, to so many people. Having said that, I KNOW there are Godly and effective UMC pastors that are still out there...