CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” ...
Since 1972, the United Methodist Church considered homosexuality to be “incompatible with Christian teaching." That language ...
UMC delegates repealed a ban on ordaining and appointing LGBTQ clergy on May 1 following years of contentious discussions at ...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 ...
For Andi Woodworth, a transgender woman serving as pastor of the Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, GA, her call to ministry and ...