UMC responds to 1 million member conference leaving denomination
The United Methodist Church has issued an official response to the news that a regional body with over 1 million members left the denomination.
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Timeline: Protestant churches and LGBTQ+ inclusion
The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has mirrored in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life.
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A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches' decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion – Winnipeg Free Press
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United Methodists repeal ban on gay marriages in churches | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church's long-standing ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches.
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A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches' decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion
The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life. The United Methodist Church, which stripped out its bans and related social teachings over the past two weeks, is the last of the major mainline church bodies to go through this process. April 1972 The United Methodist Church has first public debate on homosexuality at a General Conference.
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