David Gura speaks wh Rev. Kimberly Stt about last week's meetg of the Uned Methodist Church's Council of Bishops and s impedg vote on whether to orda gay pastors.
Contents:
- OVER 6,000 UNED METHODIST NGREGATNS VOTED TO LEAVE THE NOMATN AS BE MORE FLEXIBLE WH GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ+ MISTERS
- UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
- UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
OVER 6,000 UNED METHODIST NGREGATNS VOTED TO LEAVE THE NOMATN AS BE MORE FLEXIBLE WH GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBTQ+ MISTERS
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Uned Methodists have long bated LGBTQ rights the church, cludg the ordatn of LGBTQ clergy and a clergy's thory to marry same-sex upl, for bate reached an flectn pot 2016 after hundreds of Uned Methodist clergy me out as gay and when a regnal nference elected the first openly lbian bishop.
UNED METHODIST NSERVATIV TAIL BREAKAWAY PLANS OVER GAY CLN
A mtee wh the Uned Methodist Church has affirmed a proposal on acceptg LGBT clergy and gay marriage. Ron Cogswell/Flickr Gay clergy and same-sex marriage may be allowed at Uned Methodist Church thanks to a proposal drafted by the Connectnal Table, a rpected ternatnal body of clergy members and lay people the church. On Tuday, the mtee * gay methodists *
Ultimately, legat approved a proposal that did not fundamentally change the nomatn's stance on sexualy, which ntu to say "the practice of homosexualy is patible wh Christian teachg.
UNED METHODIST CHURCH MOV TO ALLOW LGBT CLERGY AND GAY MARRIAGE
One-fifth of Uned Methodist ngregatns the Uned Stat have received permissn to leave the nomatn over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers.