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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...
‘A better church is possible:’ Methodists celebrate as the church embraces the LGBTQ
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe United Methodist Church marked a new era of LGBTQ inclusion by voting to lift the bans on LGBTQ...
United Methodists took historic steps toward inclusion but ‘big tent’ work has just begun
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoBut actually achieving those goals is unprecedented and will depend on...Texas pastor the Rev. John...
Houston UMC pastor apologizes to Methodists hurt by anti-gay bans
Houston Chronicle· 6 hours agoThe Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald knows that some congregants at St. Paul's United Methodist Church off...
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...
United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of...
NC pastors react to United Methodist repeal of longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
Greensboro News & Record· 5 days agoUnited Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate...
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...
United Methodist Church repeals bans on LGBTQ+ clergy, marriages; NCW pastors embrace changes
The Wenatchee World· 3 days agoDebbie Sperry, pastor at the First United Methodist Church in Wenatchee, said the “delegates have...
Local bishop says United Methodist vote to lift ban on LGBTQ clergy will help church heal
Dayton Daily News· 5 days agoFollowing the United Methodist delegates’ vote Wednesday to repeal their church’s longstanding ban...