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via News5:
The Lakewood United Methodist Church is sending a message of hope.
The church painted rainbow colored doors and wrote “Gods Doors Are Open To All” on them.
Earlier this year, the global United Methodist Churches decided to make a stance against gay marriage
Reverend Laura Jaissle said the church wanted to make a statement about how they feel.
“The United Methodist church has historically had a statement open hearts, open doors, open minds but recently the global United Methodist church at a general conference had a vote that went counter to our historical understanding. So we at Lakewood UMC are a part of this resistance and will continue to stand for what we believe it right, God’s doors are open to all,” Jaissle said.
Jaissle spoke with the youth at the church to see how they felt about it and came up with the idea to make the doors
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LOCAL NEWS: Lakewood Church Shows Support Of LGBTQ Community was originally published on praisecleveland.com
