Petition Text: 22514-DI-NonDis-O

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We, members of The Upper Room Sunday School Class of the Central United Methodist Church, are greatly disturbed as we see a growing trend in the Church to reinterpret the Holy Scriptures and even to deny and violate basic doctrines upon which our Church was founded.

We believe that the Christian faith is a revealed faith, not one that was based upon the mind of man or any mythical gods or goddesses. We believe that Christians should never compromise the superiority and uniqueness of our faith as the only way given to the world for salvation and eternal life with God, through Jesus Christ.

We make these pertinent points, in brief:

1. The "outing" of Jeanne Audrey Powers and others in open defiance of the doctrine and policy of our Church.

2. The modern heresy and pluralism in the Church and the lack of courage by our bishops to stand up against this dangerous situation.

We petition as follows:

That this General Conference reestablish the superiority of the Christian faith and reaffirm the historic foundation of United Methodism through unequivocal statements of our faith. That is superiority and uniqueness be upheld in any dialogues with other religions, such as Buddhism, Mohammedanism, etc. That this conference take steps at once to censor those who hold heresy concerning the Trinity and Jesus' teachings on human sexuality.

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Petition Text: 22514-DI-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference