Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: pha50@seq1.keele.ac.uk (P.J. Mitchell) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Methodists and Masons Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 91 02:37:32 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Keele, England Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu From article , by catfood@ncoast.org (Mark W. Schumann): > I was visiting a Methodist family this weekend and something came > up about Masons. Cliff said that the United Methodist governing > body recently made a statement to the effect that secret societies > such as the Masons are incompatible with the idea of a Christian > community. > > Can anyone confirm, deny, or qualify this report? I believe this to be the official position of Methodism in the UK, I'm fairly sure that the Anglicans are chewing over a motion of the same sort at Synod. -- Paul Mitchell (CMA#86(18) MAG#65715 DoD#0145) | Physics Department, JANET: p.j.mitchell@uk.ac.keele.seq1 | Keele University, Keele, USENET: p.j.mitchell@seq1.keele.ac.uk | Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, U.K. BITNET: p.j.mitchell%seq1.keele.ac.uk@ukacrl | (+44 or 0)782 621111 ext 3966