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In recent years, the United Methodist pastor, Nathan Malone, has encouraged his church to model what it looks like for different people to sit at the same table. He believes division creates weakness.
Once the second largest protestant denomination in America, the United Methodist Church lost about a quarter of its members over issues of sexuality. Now, the church is overturning its prohibition on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage.
A lesbian United Methodist minister defrocked 20 years ago after saying she was in a "committed relationship with another woman" is again an ordained minister in the denomination.
Contrary to what has been claimed by many complementarians, it is possible to be egalitarian and not affirm same-sex relationships. These denominations prove it.
"These students have not fallen asleep. Literally and figuratively, they have stayed awake, not for their friends, but for complete strangers on the other side of the world."