CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — `United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of ...
United Methodist delegates in the US repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBT clergy with no debate on Wednesday, ...
Since 1972, the United Methodist Church considered homosexuality to be “incompatible with Christian teaching." That language ...
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 ...
UMC delegates repealed a ban on ordaining and appointing LGBTQ clergy on May 1 following years of contentious discussions at ...
The changes immediately open new doors for LGBTQ members — but over a quarter of U.S. congregations have already left the UMC ...
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church ...