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Here are the five categories for your consideration with draft definitions (We are numbering the questions on the forum continuously, so these categories are Questions 3-7):

Question 3:  What is a Progressive Incompatibilist?  Only willing to be in a church with others who fully embrace LGBTQ ordination and marriage.  Anyone who is against it or unsure should be in a different church.  Unwilling to compromise.  Offended by Centrists and by the mean-spirited Traditional Plan. (Posted May 23, 2019)

Question 4:  What is a Progressive Compatibilist?  Fully embrace and celebrate LGBTQ ordination and marriage, but willing to be in a church with those who do not fully embrace it, or are unsure, so long as there is no harmful language and LGBTQ ordination and marriage is allowed.  Uncomfortable with compromise, but willing to join a broader coalition.  Offended by the mean-spirited Traditional Plan. (Posted May 23, 2019)

Question 5:  What is a Centrist?  Accepts LGBTQ ordination and marriage and seeks to end the harm caused by the exclusionary language.  Actively seeks compromise for unity and for the broadest expression of Methodism.  Is offended by both Progressive and Traditional Incompatibilists and offended by the mean-spirited Traditional Plan because it causes more harm and is dividing the church. (Posted May 23, 2019)

Question 6:  What is a Traditional Compatibilist?  Do not personally agree with LGBTQ ordination and marriage, but willing to be in a church that allows it.  But, would prefer to be in a church that does not allow it.  Uncomfortable with compromise, but willing to join a broader coalition.  Uncomfortable with the mean-spirited Traditional Plan, but willing to go along with it.  (Posted May 23, 2019)

Question 7:  What is a Traditional Incompatibilist?  Only willing to be in a church with others who oppose LGBTQ ordination and marriage.  Fully support the mean-spirited Traditional Plan to forcibly remove everyone who disagrees.  Unwilling to compromise and offended by Centrists. (Posted May 23, 2019)

Previous Questions:

Question #1: What are the most important questions for a New Methodism? (Posted May 15, 2019)

Question #2: What does “full inclusion” of LGBTQ persons mean to you?  Is the inclusion “mandated” or “allowed?”  Is there room in the New Methodism for those who are unsure? This gets to the heart of whether a New Methodism will have progressives and centrists together or in separate expressions.  (Let us be clear, we cannot affiliate with those who espouse the mean-spirited views of certifying, punishing, and evicting that are embodied in the Traditional Plan.) (Posted May 15, 2019)

Read Summary for questions 1 & 2:
https://mainstreamumc.com/blog/brief-forum-summary-questions-1-and-2/