CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — `United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches.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 ...
On a spring night in 2017, Aaron Reindel sought comfort at a statue of Jesus washing the feet of his disciple Peter. Reindel was studying at Dallas Theological Seminary to become a pastor and had ...
Since 1972, the United Methodist Church considered homosexuality to be “incompatible with Christian teaching." That language ...
The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC ...