Methodist Bishop Requests Church Court Reconsider Ruling on Va. Pastor
 
(AgapePress) - Liberal United Methodist leaders in Virginia are appealing the reinstatement of a pastor who was suspended without pay for denying church membership to an unrepentant homosexual.
In October, the United Methodist Judicial Council ruled that Pastor Ed Johnson should be reinstated and that Bishop Charlene Kammerer had overstepped the authority of her office in punishing the South Hill pastor. But now Kammerer and the Virginia Conference Board of Ordained Ministry have filed an appeal, citing "errors" in the court's ruling.

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Appeals Ask Judicial Council To Reconsider Two Decisions
 
United Methodist leaders in Virginia have filed requests for reconsideration of two Judicial Council decisions that have stirred debate within the church on the issues of homosexuality and pastoral authority.
 
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