'LGBT blessing' pastor disfellowshipped from denomination...citizens 'show support' by raising money for appeal
Pastor Lee Dong-hwan announces his position on the sentence of "exile" at a banquet of the Christian Daesoon Methodist Church in Dongan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, on April 8. Courtesy of Rev. Lee Dong-hwan's task force
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It has been confirmed that Pastor Lee Dong-hwan, who was sentenced to a church tribunal for praying a so-called "LGBTQ blessing," has been expelled from the church. Citizens in solidarity with the pastor are protesting the decision and have launched a fundraising campaign to support his appeal to the church tribunal.
The Gyeonggi Conference Tribunal of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church sentenced Lee to disfellowshipping, the denomination's highest level of discipline, on Aug. 8. The tribunal found that Lee's conduct and advocacy of LGBTQ blessings violated Article 3.8 of the Book of Discipline (church law), which prohibits "pro-homosexuality and sympathetic behavior.
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