Published 16 days ago

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

The UMC General Conference delegates approved ending the ban on "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained.
Delegates also approved preventing punishment on clergy or churches for blessing same-sex unions.
A pending change aims to remove the church prohibition on clergy blessing same-sex unions.

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BBC News

United Methodist Church will allow LGBTQ clergy, after 40-year ban

It also will stop penalizing churches and clergy for conducting same-sex marriages.

16 days ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate. They removed a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

16 days ago·United States

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United Methodists, at major conference, repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

16 days ago·United States

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CNN

United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy

The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of the church’s top legislative body in Charlotte, North Carolina.

16 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate

16 days ago

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Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. But when asked at a news conference about the lightning speed of the changes, the Rev. Effie McAvoy took a longer view. “Oh, it didn’t take days, honey,” she said. It took decades of activism for a change that was “so very healing,” said McAvoy,…

12 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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