United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained ...
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United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing ...
Rev. Andy Oliver, Pastor of Allendale UMC in St. Petersburg, Florida, left, David Meredith, center, and Jan Lawrence react after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference ...
Since 1972, the United Methodist Church considered homosexuality to be “incompatible with Christian teaching." That language ...
In 1984, the UMC General Conference approved a law forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being in ministry.