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UMC Thursday updates: United Methodists strike down 52-year-old statement on homosexuality and ...
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoAs the UMC General Conference in Charlotte nears conclusion, petitions to remove same-sex union ban...
United Methodist Church reverses ban on practicing gay clergy - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 1 day ago“We’ve always been a big-tent church where all of God’s beloved were fully welcome,” said Bishop Tracy Smith Malone, the new president of the< ...
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 hours agoUnited Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social...
UMC Passes Historic Changes for our LGBTQ+ Family
FOX 23 News Albany· 12 hours agoThis week, the United Methodist Church (UMC) excised discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ persons, many of which have been a part of its rules since...
UMC Tuesday updates: United Methodists take first steps toward removing LGBTQ+ restrictions
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoProgressives and many centrists also support a new version UMC Revised Social Principles, or the ...
United Methodists lift 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, marking historic shift for the church
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDeviation from history of traditionalists wins...Conference has, as expected, rolled back not just...
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...
Year after 100+ SC churches left United Methodists, slimmer church changes LGBTQ+ policy
The State via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoInternal differences on same-sex relations led some to walk out of the denomination. But the...