Search results
UMC votes to allow gay clergy. How will Texas churches respond?
Houston Chronicle· 1 day 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· 2 days ago“Methodism was built on catholicity and holiness. United Methodism has become something else.”...
North Texans react to United Methodist Church vote lifting ban on LGBTQ clergy
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoDelegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. It is the first such...
United Methodists Remove Anti-Gay Language From Their Official Teachings on Societal Issues
US News & World Report· 23 hours agoThe historic vote came as delegates also approved a new definition of marriage as a covenant between “two people of faith” while recognizing the couple may or may not involve a man ...
Year after 100+ SC churches left United Methodists, slimmer church changes LGBTQ+ policy
The State· 1 day agoAt the church’s General Conference in Charlotte, Methodists voted overwhelmingly to remove a 40-year-old prohibition on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving as clergy, CNN reported.
United Methodists begin to reverse longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies - KVIA
ABC 7 El Paso· 3 days agoUnited Methodist delegates began making historic changes in their policies on sexuality on Tuesday — voting without debate to reverse a series of anti-LGBTQ policies. The delegates voted to ...
How the feud between JK Rowling and her Harry Potter stars turned ugly
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIf it was another instalment in JK Rowling’s world-conquering book series, it might be entitled...
Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash
WFRV 5 Green Bay· 5 days agoBAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the...
United Methodists overturn ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Week· 1 day agoThe delegates also barred local UMC leaders from penalizing congregations and clergy that facilitate same-sex weddings. It seems like a "simple vote,"...
Opinion | Why United Methodists’ historic vote means so much to gay Christians like me
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe United Methodist Church's highest legislative body removed a ban on LGBTQ clergy from its Book...