Head Topics

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

  • 📰 9NEWS
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 26 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 63%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

Artistic director Anthony Powell gives us a sneak peak of Stories on Stages' latest performance, 'Love Stinks – The Musical.'

The changes are historic in a denomination that has debated LGBTQ issues for more than half a century at its General Conferences.Michigan Bishop David Bard presides at a session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, April 30, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

The consensus was so overwhelmingly that it was rolled into a “consent calendar,” a package of normally non-controversial measures that are bundled into a single vote to save time. Delegates are also expected to vote as soon as today on whether to replace their existing official Social Principles with a new document that no longer calls the “practice of homosexuality … incompatible with Christian teaching” and that now defines marriage as between “two people of faith” rather than between a man and a woman.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 238. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergyLoki is available for adoption from Animal Rescue Inc. and has been working on his training with the HOPE program.
Source: fox43 - 🏆 564. / 51 Read more »

United Methodists repeal church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergyUnited Methodists, at major conference, repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy.
Source: dallasnews - 🏆 18. / 71 Read more »

United Methodists overwhelmingly vote to repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergyThe change doesn't mandate or even explicitly affirm LGBTQ clergy, but it means the church no longer forbids them.
Source: CBSNews - 🏆 87. / 68 Read more »

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergyThe change doesn't mandate or even explicitly affirm LGBTQ clergy, but it means the church no longer forbids it.
Source: 10News - 🏆 732. / 50 Read more »

United Methodists begin to reverse longstanding anti-LGBTQ policiesPolice in Porter County fatally shot a fleeing man during an exchange of gunfire Thursday, authorities said.
Source: WTHRcom - 🏆 329. / 59 Read more »

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergyUnited Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate.
Source: KPRC2 - 🏆 80. / 68 Read more »