Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Methodists and Masons Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 07:36:41 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 17 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >In article , catfood@ncoast.org (Mark W. Schumann) writes: >> 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? Okay, I called the conference office this morning, (Roughly analogous to a Diocese in the RCC), they know of no such statement. They made mention that some denominations do not permit their clergy to be members of masonic orders. There is no such limitation in the UMC at this time. Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton