Tuesday Morning Briefing (June 17, 2025)

Here are some things I hope to talk through this morning:

“United Methodist Church moves to close multiple churches, while some resist” by WTVM 9 News - https://www.wtvm.com/2025/06/13/united-methodist-church-moves-close-multiple-churches-while-some-resist/

Music manipulation- https://x.com/brandonlansdown/status/1934598190369493485?s=46&t=UGB_bVaMqYnX9gy5jXvGyg

Taylor Watson Burton Edwards details all the ways the UMC changed their stance on LGBTQ - https://www.umc.org/en/content/ask-the-umc-whats-new-in-the-book-of-discipline-part-5-human-sexuality

Unserious evangelical worship - https://x.com/drantbradley/status/1934618223405638001?s=46&t=UGB_bVaMqYnX9gy5jXvGyg

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