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United Methodists Remove Anti-Gay Language From Their Official Teachings on Societal Issues
US News & World Report· 6 hours agoUnited Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality ... incompatible with Christian teaching ...
United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThe United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of...
United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy
New York Times· 1 day agoThe United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy,...
UMC votes to allow gay clergy. How will Texas churches respond?
Houston Chronicle· 8 hours agoRobert Blain, a Houston public high school teacher, saw many friends leave the United Methodist...
United Methodists lift 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, marking historic shift for the church
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. – United Methodists lifted a 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday in a major step...
Opinion | Why United Methodists’ historic vote means so much to gay Christians like me
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe United Methodist Church's highest legislative body removed a ban on LGBTQ clergy from its Book...
United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the...