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UMC Tuesday updates: United Methodists take first steps toward removing LGBTQ+ restrictions
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 days agoUMC affirms full communion with Episcopal Church following long debate related to LGBTQ+ rights...
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoDelegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such legislative gathering in five...
United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy
New York Times· 4 days agoThe United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy,...
United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 5 days agoUnited Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in...
United Methodist General Conference votes to allow churches in Russia, Belarus to leave
The Wenatchee World· 2 days agoThe United Methodist Church voted April 25 to allow conferences in Russia and Belarus to leave....
UMC live updates: United Methodists take up removing LGBTQ+ wedding ban, budget
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoOn the final day of the historic, two-week legislative summit, United Methodists to vote on last...
Methodists back region plan to ease friction | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 7 days agoDelegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for the "regionalization" proposal on the third day of their...
Local bishop says United Methodist vote to lift ban on LGBTQ clergy will help church heal
Dayton Daily News· 3 days agoFollowing the United Methodist delegates’ vote Wednesday to repeal their church’s longstanding ban...
Bishop Tracy S. Malone Becomes 1st Black Woman President Of The United Methodist Church's Council Of...
Black Enterprise· 2 days agoThe United Methodist Church has reached a historic milestone by appointing Bishop Tracy S. Malone as...
Churches keep closing. Here’s one way you can help
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoStill, I felt on some level that I had failed...five years in the 1990s, I was a religion writer for The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina,...