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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.

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.