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UMC Wednesday updates: United Methodists remove ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days agoKaren Oliveto became the first (of eventually two) openly gay United Methodist bishop. More regional...
Year after 100+ SC churches left United Methodists, slimmer church changes LGBTQ+ policy
The State via Yahoo News· 1 day agoInternal differences on same-sex relations led some to walk out of the denomination. But the...
United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy
New York Times· 2 days agoThe United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy,...
United Methodists, at major conference, repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
WILX 10 Lansing· 2 days agoUnited Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate...
United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the...
The important lesson all Christian leaders can learn from Methodist Church decision on LGBTQ issues
The Washington Times· 1 day agoIn late 2023, the United Methodist Church (UMC) released many of its conservative churches due to...
Local bishop says United Methodist vote to lift ban on LGBTQ clergy will help church heal
Dayton Daily News· 1 day agoThe 667-54 vote on Tuesday removed penalties for conducting same-sex marriages, as well as removed...
United Methodists repeal bans on same-sex marriage, ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy
Birmingham News· 2 days agoThe United Methodist General Conference on Wednesday morning repealed its longstanding ban on...
United Methodists lift ban on LGBTQ clergy | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 1 day agoUnited Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate...
United Methodists overturn ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Week· 1 day agoThe new policy does not require or "explicitly affirm LGBTQ clergy" but does mean the global church "no longer forbids them," The Associated Press said.