The United Methodist Church — whose American roots predate the Declaration of Independence by more than 40 years — underwent big changes this week when business session delegates voted to make the church more inclusive for LGBTQ people seeking to marry in the church or join its ordained ministry. Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, the […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches. The action marked the final major reversal of a collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that have been embedded throughout the laws and social teachings of the […]
As long as most of us can remember, the United Methodist Church has had a ban on gay and lesbian clergy members being ordained as ministers or appointed to other leadership roles. In the modern era, that led to a number of protests and internal divisions in the church, but the general conference of the […]
The United Methodist Church delegates voted Wednesday to allow LGBTQ individuals to serve as ministers, reversing a 40-year-old ban on the ordination of “self-avowed practicing homosexuals.” The ordination change was one of 22 measures passed in a single “consent calendar” vote — 659 in favor and 67 opposed — at the group’s 2024 General Conference […]
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