THIS GENERATION OF Christians should more clearly understand the sometimes confusing positions taken by the mainline Protestant Church in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A good example of the confusion can be seen in my own denomination, The United Methodist Church. Most of our denominational leaders would claim that our official position on abortion is that we are pro-choice. However, as one looks at our official United Methodist statement on abortion in the Social Principles of our Book of Discipline, the current statement has much more about it that affirms life than affirms abortion. It is not totally accurate to say the official United Methodist position is pro-choice. Let me explain why. Click to Download
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