The battles over the fundamentals of the faith that ravaged every major ecclesiastical body in the 1920s are repeated in the 2020s but over different issues.  It’s not like those old issues don’t exist—they do.  However, we are facing new problems that are as pertinent to Orthodox Christianity as the fundamentals were one hundred years ago. The issues center on human sexuality.

A new worldwide Methodist denomination had its very first meeting in Costa Rica recently. It calls itself the Global Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church has been embroiled in controversy for years over the issue of same-sex unions and the ordination of gay clergy.  Worldwide, more than 7900 congregations have exited the UMC over these issues. Of those, about 3700 have joined the new denomination.

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