United Methodists Repeal Longstanding Ban on LGBTQ Clergy ...Middle East

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being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. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts sharply with the decades of controversy around the issue. Past General Conferences of the United Methodist Church had steadily reinforced the ban and related penalties amid debate and protests, but many of the conservatives who had previously upheld the ban have left the denomination in recent years, and

Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( United Methodists Repeal Longstanding Ban on LGBTQ Clergy )

Also on site :

• Term Sheet Next: How Facebook’s former chief revenue officer is coaching the next generation of startup founders
• Popular Dunkin’ Menu Item Gets a ‘Glow-Up’ in Limited-Edition Release
• Germany: Life imprisonment sentence for Syrian doctor Alaa Moussa