Responding To Propaganda of "Atlantic Magazine"


Hi Y’all,

Please read this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/united-methodists-fracture-lgbt-plan-rejected/583693/    You may have to copy and paste this to your URL.

Now here is my response to this propaganda:

The slant of this reporter from "The Atlantic" regarding the General Conference of the United Methodist Church is ridiculous! It is heartbreaking to see such propaganda. :(
Those who voted, for what is called the "traditional plan," are people who want to abide by the power of the transforming grace of the Gospel to change lives, and not leave them in bondage to sin and death. The final vote of The Special General Conference 2019 is pro-family, pro-marriage and pro-life. The only thing this vote is against is that it is against people, who are in bondage to sin & death, remaining, in their chains, with sin deceived broken lives.
Once again, someone in the news does not report fairly, nor in a balanced way. Those who supported the "One Church Pan" (Bishop's Plans,) led those who support the "Traditional Plan" into believing they were honest brokers, but to the very end, they demonstrated their true colors of not wanting to abide by any agreement they made. They probably still won't, as is demonstrated by their track record of violating their ordination vows, the Bible and The Discipline of The United Methodist Church. This especially includes the so-called progressive Bishops on the Council of Bishops.
Secondly, we are called traditionalist by those who relabel things. We are not "self-described traditionalist" as is declared by the writer of this article. A better term is "Originalist." We believe in the original design of the family, of marriage, and the work of the Kingdom as God originally intended it. We have been CALLED "traditionalist." It is NOT something we self-identify with.
3rd I'm grateful that the Bishops are surprised!
Once again, they made a covenant in which they stated was to try to "Find a way forward." They implied they are willing to reach across the aisle to one another, but all they did was put up roadblocks for people coming together to propagate their so-called gay agenda, and they did not get away with it. Throughout this process, the so-called progressives, and their Episcopal leaders, attempted to manipulate the whole conversation. Their deceitfulness and mean-spiritedness, throughout this process, was obvious to any reasonable minded person.
After putting on a disrespectful display at General Conference, without regard to who they were hurting, they now have themselves portrayed as victims. They are not.

Please pray for the Holy Spirit to continue to work this out for the good of The Kingdom of God.
In Christ
Al McGowen

Alfred M. McGowen, BA., M.Div.,
Chaplain,  Lieutenant Colonel, USAFR (Ret)
VA Mental Health Chaplain (Ret)
United Methodist Clergy (Ret)
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