CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing ...
The United Methodist Church in the Ivory Coast left after delegates repealed the church’s ban on LGBTQ clergy.
Last month’s vote resolved a 52-year split within the denomination that dates back to 1972 when the bans were first ...
Leaders of the United Methodist Church have expressed regret over last week's decision by the branch in Ivory Coast to leave ...
United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate. They removed a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or ...