The United Methodist Church continues closing churches against their will in what Chris Ritter has termed “connectional cannibalism.” Some churches closed lean right or center-right. Yet a couple of weeks ago, the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference closed a Reconciling Ministries church AGAINST THEIR WILL. They saw it coming a mile away, named it, fought it, and the DS came to worship and announced they would be closed and can no longer worship there. 

In this segment, I read the news articles, show the footage, and read the account of the local church, which has put their story online. I do some analysis about the ideologies at play here and urge folks to pray for those who continue to be crushed by the UMC, and that the UMC leadership would repent. I would like to think it is all worthy. 

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Links:

“Trinity United Methodist Church in Eugene suddenly and permanently closes” by KLCC - https://www.klcc.org/social-justice/2023-11-21/trinity-united-methodist-church-in-eugene-suddenly-and-permanently-closes

“United Methodist Church officials speak on Trinity closure” by KVAL - https://kval.com/news/local/united-methodist-church-officials-speak-on-trinity-closure

Trinity’s Website - https://savetrinityeugene.org

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