An LGBT activist group seeking to change the United Methodist Church’s official stance on homosexuality is rallying support behind an Ohio pastor who may lose his clergy credentials for defying denominational rules on gay marriage.
Last year, charges were brought against the Rev. David W. Meredith after he married a man, which goes against the UMC Book of Discipline’s ban on noncelibate homosexual clergy.
Reconciling Ministries Network sent out an email to supporters last week, urging them to attend the church trial proceedings for Meredith, scheduled for next month.
“Rev. David Meredith will go before the North Central Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals in two weeks. We’re calling on you to be a part of the cloud of witnesses gathered to affirm inclusion and resist exclusion,” wrote Alex Shanks of RMN.
The senior pastor of Clifton United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Meredith married his partner of nearly 29 years, Jim Schlachter, in May 2016.
A complaint was filed and in October 2017, Meredith was charged with three offenses: “Immorality including but not limited to, not being celibate in singleness or not faithful…
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