Nation May 01 Longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy repealed at United Methodists meeting By Peter Smith, Associated Press
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. By Peter Smith, Associated Press
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… By Peter Smith, Associated Press