By Jack BrammerKentucky LanternAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the denomination, United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly Wedn
After decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the denomination, United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to no longer forbid gay clergy and same-sex marriage. The vote by the delegates at the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., was 692-51. The conference was the church’s first […] The post United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
As hundreds of United Methodist churches in Kentucky left the denomination over LGBTQ+ issues, some members disappointed with the disaffiliation wanted to remain United Methodists.
By Jack BrammerNKyTribune reporterWhen hundreds of United Methodist churches in Kentucky left the denomination in the last year or so basically over differences about homosexuality, some of the
Voters at the UMC s annual conference ratified the split Sunday night, shrinking the denomination s size in the state considerably. Here s what to know.