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May 5, 2024
When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations.
May 4, 2024
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (RNS) — The reversals came in the wake of a schism that saw the departure of a quarter of its US churches — more than 7,600 congregations — over the past five years.
May 3, 2024
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August 14, 2021
After decades of fighting about sex, many hoped "traditionalists" and "progressives" could keep "United" attached to "Methodist."
August 12, 2021
When United Methodists finally split, conservatives will build a church defined "by who they will exclude today and who they will exclude tomorrow."
August 7, 2021
As one of the founders of the United Methodist Centrist Movement, the Rev. Doug Damron spent years hiding his rejection of his church's rule that the "practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching."