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Methodists move to undo LGBTQ restrictions, embrace liberalized views on sexual practices

Methodists move to undo LGBTQ restrictions, embrace liberalized views on sexual practices
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United Methodists approve gay clergy ordination, ending 40-year-old ban

United Methodists approve gay clergy ordination, ending 40-year-old ban
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Md , W Va Methodist congregations sue denomination over departure payments

Thirty-eight United Methodist Church congregations in Maryland and West Virginia have sued the Baltimore-Washington Conference and its leader, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, claiming the regional body is extorting a "financial ransom" of half their church property value as they seek to leave the denomination.

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Presbyterian group to count nonbinary/genderqueer members in next census, church says

One of America's oldest mainline Protestant churches is adding a "nonbinary/genderqueer" category to its annual statistical survey, with an official claiming the change boosts inclusivity.

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