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Michigan pastor sleeping in tent in support of LGBTQ people
A Michigan pastor has been sleeping outside in a tent for weeks to protest his denomination’s stance on LGBT people.
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United Methodist Church body proposes more open stance on homosexuality
Gay clergy and same-sex marriage may soon be allowed at United Methodist Churches under a proposal drafted by the Connectional Table, a respected international body of clergy members and lay people in the church.
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Methodists end case against bishop who officiated same-sex wedding
A church statement says the case against retired Bishop Melvin G. Talbert is ending with a settlement that the denomination calls a “just resolution.”
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Methodist pastor who officiated at gay son’s wedding to keep ordination
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Methodist pastor who was disciplined after he officiated at the wedding of his gay son will be allowed to remain an ordained minister. The Judicial Council of the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination ruled Monday that a Pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock Frank Schaefer last year after he would not…
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Methodist panel hears appeal over pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Methodist pastor who became a gay rights activist after he was disciplined for officiating at his son’s wedding to another man will soon find out whether he can remain an ordained minister in the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination. The Rev. Frank Schaefer was suspended and then defrocked last year following …
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Methodist clergy escape sanctions over blessing of same-sex wedding
Dozens of United Methodist ministers who blessed a same-sex wedding in Philadelphia will face no discipline for breaking church law, but acknowledge they could be punished if they do it again, according to a settlement announced by the denomination. A total of 36 Methodist clergy blessed the Nov. 9 ceremony at …
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Methodist church to hear appeal of pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding
PHILADELPHIA — The Methodist church’s highest court will decide later this month whether a minister who officiated his gay son’s wedding can keep his pastoral credentials. The Rev. Frank Schaefer was defrocked following a church trial in southeastern Pennsylvania last year, then re-instated by an appeals panel in June. That decision was appealed …
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‘Refrocking’ of Methodist minister who officiated gay son’s wedding appealed
PHILADELPHIA — A Methodist minister ousted and then reinstated after performing his son’s gay marriage said Friday that a church official is appealing his refrocking. The Rev. Frank Schaefer said he is disappointed to learn of the appeal, but not surprised. Schaefer is moving to a California diocese this week after his decision to officiate at his son’s 2007 …
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Complaint filed against 36 Methodist pastors for blessing same-sex wedding
PHILADELPHIA — A complaint has been filed against 36 United Methodist ministers who blessed a same-sex wedding in Philadelphia in defiance of church law. The pastors blessed the Nov. 9 ceremony at Philadelphia’s Arch Street United Methodist Church to show support for a colleague who faced church discipline for presiding over his gay son’s wedding…
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Methodist pastor defrocked for presiding over gay son’s wedding is reinstated
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania pastor who broke church law by presiding over his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony and then became an outspoken activist for gay rights can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a decision to defrock him. The nine-person panel ordered the church to restore…