Post-Way-Forward Gathering for UM Scholars
Post-Way-Forward Gathering for UM Scholars
August 7-8, 2019 in Dallas, Texas
In the wake of the passing of the Traditional Plan continuing to prohibit the marrying and ordination of homosexuals at the Special Session of the General Conference (February) and the Judicial Council rulings upholding some of the punitive elements of that plan (April), United Methodist scholars who support the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ persons in the full life of the church are gathering for a public conversation. Our hope is to bring biblical, theological, practical/pastoral theological, moral/ethical, and historical insights to help the work of those who seek a form of our church free from the existing restrictions against gay and lesbian ordinations and marriages and the further restrictions imposed by the Traditional Plan.