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HopeGateWay, a congregation in Portland, Maine, that voted in 2021 to leave the United Methodist Church due to the mainline Protestant denomination s stance on LGBT issues. | Sara Ewing-Merrill Multiple theologically progressive congregations in the United Methodist Church are in the process of leaving the mainline Protestant denomination due to its stance on LGBT issues. For decades, the UMC has debated whether to change its biblically-based position on homosexuality, labeling it as sinful, its ban on the ordination of noncelibate homosexuals, and defining marriage as only being between one man and one woman. Although many expect a large number of conservative congregations to eventually leave the UMC because of the debate and form their own denomination, in recent months, some liberal congregations have already decided to exit.  

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