The change doesn't mandate or even explicitly affirm LGBTQ clergy, but it means the church no longer forbids them.
Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found ...
United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates repealed the longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. At the first meeting of the UMC’s ...
Delegates voted 692-51 to repeal the ban on ordaining LGBTQ+ clergy. The Iowa delegation makes up a portion of those who ...
The United Methodist Church's long-standing ban on LGBTQ pastors was recently removed, paving the way for people like Aaron ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing ...
The issue of how the church will handle the issue of LGBTQ members and clergy has previously splintered the denomination ...
The global body that governs United Methodist Churches around the world voted to repeal its long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ ...
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HAS REPEALED ITS LONG STANDING BAN ON ORDAINING PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ INTO THE CLERGY. DELEGATES VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR THE REPEAL AT THEIR GENERAL CONFERENCE.