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United Methodist Church Votes to End Ban on Ordaining Gay Clergy
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months 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· 2 months 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...
Over 6,000 United Methodist congregations voted to leave the denomination as it becomes more...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOne-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave...
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...
Oklahomans waiting decades for change celebrate United Methodist vote on same-sex marriage
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe United Methodist Church removed anti-LGBTQ+ language from the denomination's Social Principles...