Nation Apr 30 United Methodists begin historic reversal on longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies The delegates voted to delete mandatory penalties for clergy conducting same-sex marriages. They also removed their denomination's bans on considering LGBTQ candidates for ministry and on funding for gay-friendly ministries.
Nation Apr 29 Shootout that left 4 law officers dead began with attempt to serve warrant, police say Shots were fired at the officers by the wanted suspect as they approached the suburban home in Charlotte and they killed him in the front yard, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said at a news conference.
Nation Apr 29 United Methodists prepare for votes on ending bans on same-sex marriage, LGBTQ clergy One-quarter of the country's United Methodist churches left between 2019 and 2023, mainly conservative churches dismayed by progressive trends, and some are calling for international churches to do the same.
Nation Apr 23 What to know about United Methodists' first major meeting since its breakup over LGBTQ inclusion This will be the first General Conference since more than 7,600 mostly conservative congregations left the United Methodist Church between 2019 and 2023 because the denomination essentially stopped enforcing its bans on same-sex marriage and having “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving…
Politics Mar 22 U.S. Jews upset with Trump's latest rhetoric say he doesn't get to tell them how to be Jewish Many Jewish faith leaders and commentators are decrying what they say are inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump. That follows the Republican former president’s accusation that Jews who vote for Democrats hate their religion and Israel.
Nation Feb 23 Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind.
Nation Dec 15 A quarter of United Methodist churches in U.S. have left during split United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ persons.
Politics Oct 27 Evangelical conservatives cheer one of their own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress' most powerful seat Religious conservatives cheered Johnson's election as speaker this week; he brought his Bible to the rostrum before taking the oath of office and said God is the one that raises up political leaders.
Nation Jul 13 Gunman who killed 11 in a Pittsburgh synagogue found eligible for death penalty The gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty.
Nation Jul 06 United Methodists lose one-fifth of U.S. churches in schism over LGBTQ rights Church law forbids the marriage or ordination of "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals." But many conservatives chose to leave because numerous U.S. churches and conferences are defying those bans.