We are informed by Our Theological Task3 <\/sup>which reminds us that such work is critical and constructive, individual and communal, contextual and incarnational, and is essentially practical.<\/p>\n We claim this uniquely United Methodist process which requires us to stay in relationship and dialogue with God and one another every day as a sign of our faithfulness. As children of God, we have travelled together with Jesus Christ, by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to a place of full inclusion of all persons in the fellowship and ministry of the church. We are committed to the full inclusion of LGBTQ persons in the church now and as we move forward.<\/p>\n At the same time, we recognize that the Annual Conferences, clergy, churches, and other ministry settings we serve are not all of one mind about these matters. We affirm our unity in Christ and commit ourselves to living together as one body, though we do not all understand God\u2019s will for the human family in the same way.<\/p>\n We believe this plan provides a vision big enough to hold the diversity that grows out of our theological task, creating generous space for us to live our conscience faithfully as we follow Jesus, holding to a covenant of mission that binds us together to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.<\/p>\n Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n ###<\/p>\n Find contact information at http:\/\/westernjurisdictionumc.org <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n Updated September 11, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “It is after much prayer, study and discernment that we share with you that we believe that the One Church Plan is the best way forward for the mission and ministry of The United Methodist Church.”![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WJ-Logo.png?resize=300%2C88&ssl=1\"){kind=logo}
It is after much prayer, study and discernment that we share with you that we believe that the One Church Plan is the best way forward for the mission and ministry of The United Methodist Church. We stand with the Council of Bishops in their affirmation of this plan. We believe that this plan has the best potential to maximize the presence of United Methodist witness, allow for contextual differentiation, and balance an approach to different theological understandings of human sexuality with as much unity as possible.2<\/sup><\/p>\n
\nBishop Minerva G. Carca\u00f1o<\/em>
\nBishop Grant J. Hagiya<\/em>
\nBishop Elaine JW Stanovsky<\/em>
\nBishop Karen P. Oliveto<\/em>
\nBishop Melvin G. Talbert
\nBishop Roy I. Sano
\nBishop Elias G. Galvan<\/em>
\nBishop Mary Ann Swenson<\/em>
\nBishop Beverly J. Shamana
\nBishop Warner H. Brown<\/em>
\nRev. Donna M. L. Pritchard<\/em>
\nRev. Beth Rambikur<\/em>
\nRev. Jorge Luiz Domingues<\/em>
\nRev. Myron Wingfield<\/em>
\nRev. David Valera<\/em>
\nRev. Lowell Greathouse<\/em>
\nRev. Carlo Rapanut<\/em>
\nRev. Youngsook Kang<\/em><\/p>\n
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Click here to download a PDF version of this Letter.<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
\nMembers of the Western Jurisdiction’s Mission Cabinet have endorsed the One Church Plan, noting their commitment to the full inclusion of LGBTQ persons in the church now, and a recognition of the need to create “generous space” for all to live faithfully their conscience as they follow Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":18382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[449,438,458],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-conference","8":"category-press-release","9":"category-the-greater-northwest-episcopal-area"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WJ-Mission-Cabinet.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2l75j-4Mt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18381"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18404,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18381\/revisions\/18404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}