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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on May 1, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply…
For the past 52 years, the United Methodist Church had officially declared “the practice of homosexuality . incompatible with Christian teaching.” But that has ended now that church delegates removed
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) A condemnation of homosexuality that has riven the denomination for 52 years was eliminated from the United Methodist Church’s rule book.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbiddin