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UMC Wednesday updates: United Methodists remove ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDisaffiliations — there were ultimately 7,500-plus U.S. congregations that left the denomination...
North Texans react to United Methodist Church policy changes on marriage, homosexuality
Dallas Morning News· 2 days agoUnited Methodists in North Texas reacted with excitement, joy and some sadness after their church...
Year after 100+ SC churches left United Methodists, slimmer church changes LGBTQ+ policy
The State via Yahoo News· 5 days agoInternal differences on same-sex relations led some to walk out of the denomination. But the...
Methodists’ lifting of anti-gay bans ends 50 years of battles among mainline Protestants
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoIt took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of...
An expert lays out the United Methodist Church's journey to end its LGBTQ ban
GBH News· 12 hours agoAfter years of internal division, the United Methodist Church has reversed its 40 year ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The issue had become so contentious in recent ...
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...
United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy
CNN.com· 4 days agoThe United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic...
United Methodist Church delegates vote to end anti-LGBTQ policies after decades
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMethodists had intense debates over the issue at past conferences. But after a split in the church,...
United Methodists repeal bans on same-sex marriage, ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy
Birmingham News· 6 days agoThe United Methodist General Conference on Wednesday morning repealed its longstanding ban on...
United Methodist church in Northern Michigan celebrates lifting of LGBTQ+ clergy ban
TV 7&4 Traverse City· 5 days agoMethodist church in Northern Michigan reacted with joy and celebration after the denomination...