United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy.
UMC Monday updates: United Methodist conference faces key decisions on LGBTQ+ rights, budget
The United Methodist Church General Conference, the denomination's top legislative assembly, gathers for second and final week for major policy votes.
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A total remaking of anti-LGBTQ language was nearly complete as the conference approaches its last session May 3.
With a final flourish, United Methodist conference eliminates all anti-LGBTQ policies
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Tears and Songs of Praise as the United Methodist Church Reverses Decades-Old Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
In a series of landmark votes this week, the United Methodist Church (UMC) has reversed decades-old rules that banned LGBTQ+ clergy and condemned homosexuality as “incompatible” with church doctrine.
United Methodist Church Redefines Marriage, Embraces Full Rights For LGBT Members in Historic Conference
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United Methodists lift 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, marking historic shift for the church
The UMC General Conference’s decisions are aimed at reversing a series of policies that traditionalists worked for decades to pass and protect. Beyond the legislative implications, the decisions ...
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United Methodists just held a historic, worldwide gathering: 3 key takeaways
The tone of the UMC General Conference this year was less divisive and fiery than most previous gatherings, a shift following splintering in denomination. Policy actions to remove anti-LGBTQ+ ...
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UMC General Conference removes much of LGBTQ restrictions in consensus vote
The 52-year battle over the exclusion of LGBTQ people from full participation in The United Methodist Church turned a major ...
Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says
SEATTLE (AP) — The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully ...
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IAEA Director General to Hold Press Conference Today, Expected Around 18:15
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will brief journalists about his official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6-7 May. The press conference is expected to take place upon his ...
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United Methodists lift 40-year ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, marking historic shift for the church
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodists lifted a 40-year ban on gay clergy and removed restrictions on same-sex marriage in a major step toward greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the nation’s largest ...
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UMC Monday updates: United Methodist conference faces key decisions on LGBTQ+ rights, budget
But it’s just the start of a series of high-profile decisions facing the UMC General Conference at its two-week worldwide gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 700-plus delegates from ...
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4 'woke' moments from UMC General Conference
Apart from the votes on the UMC rules on sexuality and ordination, there were other happenings during the General Conference that could be described by critics to be woke in nature, from pronouns to ...