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Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future'
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Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future'
Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future'
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. The moves sparked joy from progressive delegates, but the church faces many of the same challenges as the Lutheran, Presbyterian and Episcopal denominations that took similar routes over the past few decades. There have been schisms, and strained relations with international churches. And each of the mainline denominations faces the long-term aging and shrinking of their memberships...
The United Methodist Church is opening its General Conference, on Tuesday in North Carolina, to reshape the country's largest Protestant denomination in the hopes of slowing historic splintering over LGBTQ+ rights.