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Local church leaves United Methodist denomination over conflicting beliefs, gay marriage
The Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street...
United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the...
United Methodist Church Votes to End Ban on Ordaining Gay Clergy
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoThe United Methodist Church is moving to end its longstanding ban on the ordination of gay clergy,...
Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoIt took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century's worth of...
United Methodist Church ends ban on gay clergy
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe United Methodist Church Wednesday removed a 40-year ban on gay clergy, overwhelmingly passing the measure during a national delegate meeting in...
In United Methodist disaffiliation, exiting liberal churches a surprising minority
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAs the schism in the international United Methodist Church widens, more and more conservative...
What we know: Oklahoma churches seeking to cut ties with United Methodist denomination
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe United Methodist Church ― Oklahoma's second-largest faith group ― is in the midst of a schism...
Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over...
Times Record News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLUBBOCK — The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular...
South Jersey churches suing to leave Methodist conference; here’s why
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBRIDGETON — Several United Methodist churches in South Jersey who disagree with new, progressive...
Historic Methodist rift is part of larger Christian split over LGBTQ issues
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThousands of congregations have left the United Methodist Church amid contentious debates over...