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A regional body of The United Methodist Church has voted down the disaffiliation requests of three congregations in Arkansas that want to leave the mainline Protestant denomination due to its divisive debate over homosexuality.
A regional body of The United Methodist Church has voted down the disaffiliation requests of three congregations in Arkansas that want to leave the mainline Protestant denomination due to its divisive debate over homosexuality.
Among the 117 churches of the Mountain Lakes District, which includes Etowah, Marshall and St. Clair counties, 22 have voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church.
SOUTHLAKE, Texas (RNS) — 'We want to work together, and we want to be a healing agent between all of Methodism,' said the Rev. John McKellar, co-pastor of White’s Chapel.
Votes included the election of its second openly gay bishop