Baptisms are taking over America, with yet another massive effort set to make history. Meanwhile, the state of denominational Christianity continues to be in an intriguing place. The United Methodist Church made some major changes on the LGBTQ front — and the Southern Baptist Convention lost hundreds of thousands of members (but is seeking a […]
Dwight L. Moody, an 1800s American evangelist, once said, “I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and float along. But I soon found out I would have to go against the current.” And it’s true, isn’t it? To […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches.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 […]
OPINION: In late 2023, the United Methodist Church (UMC) released many of its conservative churches due to theological disagreements over LGBTQ+ ministers and congregants. Without its more conservative membership weighing in on theological issues, the UMC recently voted to ordain “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” and to allow same-sex unions with little internal resistance. But how did […]
Another large denomination has abandoned its commitment to scriptural fidelity and caved to the whims of culture. On Wednesday, the United Methodist Church (UMC) voted overwhelmingly to lift the denominational ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving as clergy. “Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such […]
United Methodist Church delegates approved a restructuring plan that would allow church regions — including the U.S. — greater autonomy in deciding matters such as approving same-sex marriages and ordaining active LGBTQ clergy. Delegates to the church’s General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, approved the measure 586-164, sending it to local conferences, the equivalent […]
The United Methodist Church could face a “seismic shift” if next week’s business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday. On the ballot are proposals to drop restrictions on the roles available to LGBTQ people in the denomination, to eliminate policy language calling homosexuality […]
The United Methodist Church is weighing an upcoming three-year $346.7 million budget, a 43% drop from the last triennial spending plan of $603.1 million, according to a report by UM News, the church’s official news service. The proposed cuts stem from the exit of 7,673 of congregations from America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, of which nearly […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of second-degree murder and carjacking in the death of a prominent United Methodist Church leader in Tennessee. After he entered the plea in a Memphis court, Miguel Andrade was sentenced to prison terms of 20 years for the second-degree murder charge and another eight […]
The United Methodist Church’s schism over LGBTQ issues has cost the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination about one-quarter of its congregations, mostly in the South, according to a new study. Source link
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