United Methodist Church ends anti|gay bans

Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles ... - AP News

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 ...

United Methodist Church votes to lift bans on LGBTQ clergy ... - NPR

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest U.S. Protestant denominations, voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as ...

United Methodist Church ends anti-LGBTQ policies

UMC, the third-largest organized Christian group in America, ended a slew of anti-LGBT policies this week, including a ban on gay clergy and ...

United Methodist Church lifts 40-year ban on LGBTQ clergy - CNN

The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, marking a historic shift in the church's stance on homosexuality.

Church ends 52-year-old anti-gay stance | UMNews.org

The United Methodist Church's condemnation of homosexuality — which sparked a half-century of conflict — is now no more. By a vote of 523 to 161 ...

United Methodists Strike Ban on LGBTQ Clergy - Christianity Today

United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly Wednesday overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred gay clergy from ordination in the ...

United Methodist Church lifts bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex ...

We saw major changes this week in one of the largest Protestant groups in the U.S. when the United Methodist Church voted to end its ...

Methodists End Anti-Gay Bans, Closing 50 Years of Battles Over ...

Many churches went independent, but thousands joined the new Global Methodist Church, which pledges to enforce restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and ...

An expert lays out the United Methodist Church's journey to end its ...

After years of internal division, the United Methodist Church has reversed its 40 year ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage.

Longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy repealed at United Methodists ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, ...

United Methodists remove same-sex wedding ban | UMNews.org

General Conference delegates approved four changes to church law that together both end remaining bans related to LGBTQ ministry and protect ...

One fourth of United Methodist churches in the US have left in a ...

United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ...

United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy

Delegates also voted this week to end a ban on using United Methodist funds to “promote acceptance of homosexuality,” a change particularly ...

What is The United Methodist Church's position on homosexuality?

By now, you have likely heard that The United Methodist Church's General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina (April 23-May 3, 2024) took action ...

United Methodists repeal ban on LGBTQ clergy - The Hill

Delegates within the United Methodist Church voted to repeal their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy Wednesday, showing overwhelming ...

United Methodists begin historic reversal on longstanding anti ... - PBS

United Methodist Church law still bans the ordination of “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” into ministry — a decades-old rule that will ...

United Methodist Church Repeals Ban on LGBTQ Clergy

On Wednesday, the United Methodist Church repealed its 1984 ban on LGBTQ clergy with an overwhelming 692–51 vote by church leaders at its general conference.

United Methodist Church ends LGBTQ+ clergy ban - YouTube

"Sexual orientation is no longer a qualification for ministry in the United Methodist Church."

United Methodist Church Votes to End Ban on Ordaining Gay Clergy

The denomination agreed to allow churches to disaffiliate from the Methodist Church, while retaining church property, until the end of 2023.

United Methodist Church ends 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy

(CNN) — The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of the church's top legislative body in ...