United Methodist Church suspends woman pastor who managed Jeffrey Epstein's island
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/united-methodist-church-suspends-woman-155627471.html
The Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church said it did not know she was working for Epstein.
#StephanieRelington #Epstein #UnitedMethodists #Missouri #press #news #Trump #Bondi
After #vote to #repeal #LGBTQ #bans, many #gay #Methodists are now fully #out.
On the first #Sunday after the conclusion of the #denomination’s #GeneralConference, many #queer #UnitedMethodists #celebrated their #release from the #tight and #narrow #spaces that had confined them.
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — On the first Sunday after the conclusion of the denomination’s General Conference, many queer United Methodists celebrated their release from the tight and narrow spaces that had confined them.
#UnitedMethodists Endorse #Change Giving #Regions More #Say on #LGBTQ and Other #Issues.
Delegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for the “#regionalization” #proposal on the third day of their 11-day #GeneralConference, the #legislative #body of the #UnitedMethodistChurch, meeting in #Charlotte, #NorthCarolina.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress
https://www.communityvoiceks.com/2024/04/28/united-methodist-regionalization-gc-2024/
#UnitedMethodists will again #debate #LGBTQ #clergy and #supporting #samesexmarriage.
The departure of the most #hateful #congregations and #clergy from the #UnitedMethodistChurch to the #GlobalMethodistChurch means there's a better chance than before that the #rules around #samesexmarriage and #LGBTQ #clergy could change.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress
#UnitedMethodists open first top-level #conference since #breakup over #LGBTQ #inclusion.
Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in #Charlotte, #NorthCarolina, for their big #denominational #meeting, known as #generalconference, the only entity that can speak for the entire denomination.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Representation #Culture
https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/United-Methodists-schism-LGBTQ-samesex-marriage-i96806
One fourth of #UnitedMethodist #churches in #US have #left in #schism over #LGBTQ #ban. What happens now.
The vast major are #conservative-leaning #churches responding to what they see as the #UnitedMethodists’ #failure to #enforce #bans on #samesexmarriage and the #ordaining of #openly #LGBTQ #people.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
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. That window closes Dec. 31, but results are in. One quarter of all United Methodist congregations in the U.S. have received permission to leave. That's more than 5,000 this year and more than 7,000 since 2019. The vast major are conservative-leaning churches responding to what they see as the United Methodists’ failure to enforce longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordaining of openly LGBTQ persons. Many are joining the new, more conservative Global Methodist Church.
United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate
United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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