United Methodist delegates voted Thursday to make the denomination, which has skewed leftward in the wake of mass defections by conservative-leaning congregations, more gay- and LGBTQ-friendly.
The Rev. Jerry Kulah of Liberia leads a rally supporting traditional views of marriage and sexuality outside the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News, used with permission.meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, voted to drop a decadeslong definition of marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman and struck language saying homosexual practice “is incompatible with Christian teaching.
The moves to overturn established policies on homosexuality will likely lead to a further schism. At the end of last year, the denomination lost 25% of its U.S. churches, or more than 7,600 mostly conservative congregations.’s African churches, considered to have the majority of the denomination’s 4 million overseas members, said they would go home “with important decisions to make regarding the future.
Mr. Miller, who is gay, said he was “deeply grateful, and it’s wonderful to have come to this moment.”’s public positions, did not come easily. Debate lasting nearly 90 minutes preceded the vote, and delegates approved a wording change that retained a gender-specific reference in the marriage definition., we affirm marriage as a sacred lifelong covenant that brings two people of faith into union with one another.
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