The United Methodist Church has officially announced a plan to split the denomination ending a years-long fight over same-sex marriage and LGBT ordination.
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Another Texas Church Votes to Leave the UMC over LGBT Debate
Yet another church has decided to leave the United Methodist Church over the LGBTQ debate.
A Dallas United Methodist Church Will End 2019 Affirming All Marriage Vows
As 2019 comes to a close, one Dallas Methodist church is reaffirming all wedding vows regardless of whether they are heterosexual or same-sex marriages.
SMU Sued as it Moves to Cut Ties with United Methodist Church
Southern Methodist University is being sued by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of The United Methodist Church after it attempted to sever ties with the denomination.
United Methodists Float Plans to Split Denomination after LGBTQ Vote
The United Methodist Church’s deadline for petitions for its next global meeting passed Wednesday (Sept. 18), setting the terms for a final reckoning with LGBTQ issues that have divided the denomination for more than 40 years.
United Methodist Court Upholds Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same Sex Marriage
The United Methodist Church’s top court has upheld much of the Traditional Plan approved earlier this year, continuing the global denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.
US Methodists Plot Ways to Resist New LGBT Rules
On Thursday evening last week, 300 United Methodist clergy and laypeople gathered outside their denomination’s regional headquarters in Garner, N.C., to protest a recent vote that bans LGBT people from marriage and ordination.
Divided Methodists: Will Sexual Colonialism Split the UMC?
For generations, U.S. churches sent missionaries around the world, preaching the Gospel and planting churches in places such as Africa, South America, and Asia. Today, many of the millions of Christians and churches that resulted from those missionary efforts are more biblically faithful than their American forebears. This is especially true of certain denominations and certain issues.
United Methodist Church Votes to Tighten Restrictions on Same-Sex Marriage, LGBT Clergy Stance
The United Methodist Church voted this week to tighten restrictions on the church’s stance on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.
What's the United Methodist Church's Special Session About?
You've probably heard the United Methodist Church is meeting this weekend in St. Louis, and that it has something to do with sexuality and a possible schism...
