Western North Carolina Bishop Addresses Lake Junaluska Controversy

Bishop J. Lawrence McClesky of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church has written an excellent letter to his congregations regarding the use of the Lake Junaluska conference center by the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN), an unofficial UM advocacy group for gays and lesbians. Other unofficial UM organizations have protested RMN's use of Lake Junaluska (which is located in the Western North Carolina Conference and operated by The United Methodist Church's Southeast Jurisdiction) for its "Hearts on Fire" conference. Bishop McClesky argues in his letter that The Book of Discipline supports allowing RMN to meet at Lake J.

(Hat tip: Untied Methodist)