CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” ...

The United Methodist Church voted to overturn its 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as its ban on celebrating same-sex ...

A Methodist pastor has finally been reinstated in the church over 20 years after she was kicked out for being gay. The United ...

Since 1972, the United Methodist Church considered homosexuality to be “incompatible with Christian teaching." That language ...

A lesbian United Methodist minister defrocked 20 years ago after saying she was in a “committed relationship with another ...

UMC delegates repealed a ban on ordaining and appointing LGBTQ clergy on May 1 following years of contentious discussions at ...

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church ...

LOCAL COUPLE AND THE CHURCH. IT’S BEEN AMAZING, AND I WOULDN’T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY. KIM AND DEBRA CAVALLARO KELLER HAVE ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Pride month is just around the corner, and two local organizations are working together to help Iowans ...