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United Methodist Church abolishes LGBTQ bans, 'last of the major mainline groups to liberalize'
Fox News· 17 hours agoIt took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century's worth of ...
Powerless church tells us what we want to hear rather than what we need to hear
The Washington Times· 11 hours agoThere are many reasons for the modern church’s loss of its prophetic voice, politics being just one...
Religious views on abortion more diverse than they may appear in U.S. political debate
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoLawmakers who oppose abortion often invoke their faith — many identify as Christian — while debating...
A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches' decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton· 2 days agoThe fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for...
United Methodists, winnowed by conservative exodus, embrace LGBTQ inclusivity
The Washington Times· 4 days agoUnited Methodist delegates voted Thursday to make the denomination, which has skewed leftward in the...
UMC Tuesday updates: United Methodists take first steps toward removing LGBTQ+ restrictions
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 days agoProgressives and many centrists also support a new version UMC Revised Social Principles, or the ...
Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America's Black Church - Los Angeles...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 12 hours agoNo woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people.
North Texans react to United Methodist Church vote lifting ban on LGBTQ clergy
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoDelegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. It is the first such...
Did Congress ‘outlaw’ the New Testament?
The Washington Times· 19 hours agoThe United Methodist Church — whose American roots predate the Declaration of Independence by more than 40 years — underwent big changes this week when...
From the sidelines, some Christians in US strive to be peacemakers as Israel-Hamas war continues
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThere’s a line some are connecting in those ways.” Some say Christian intervention is necessary at...