The change doesn't mandate or even explicitly affirm LGBTQ clergy, but it means the church no longer forbids them.
Delegates within the United Methodist Church voted to repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy Wednesday, ...
The United Methodist Church's long-standing ban on LGBTQ pastors was recently removed, paving the way for people like Aaron ...
United Methodists, at major conference, repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy ...
United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates repealed the longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. At the first meeting of the UMC’s ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Angie Cox, left, and Joelle Henneman hug after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General ...
Delegates voted 692-51 to repeal the ban on ordaining LGBTQ+ clergy. The Iowa delegation makes up a portion of those who ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing ...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 ...
United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being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 or ...
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HAS REPEALED ITS LONG STANDING BAN ON ORDAINING PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ INTO THE CLERGY.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.