Tag: ordination

United Methodists approve gay clergy ordination, ending 40-year-old ban

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 […]