Methodists
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First non-binary person ordained in one of America’s biggest churches
Saturday, June 10, 2017This clergy member feels a calling to be a "visibly trans person" ordained by a church that still officially bans LGB clergy. -
LGBTQ group bedevils Donald Trump as he answers Evangelicals’ prayers
Tuesday, June 21, 2016The presumptive Republican nominee preached to the choir and won a standing ovation from hundreds of conservative Christians. -
Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate
Tuesday, April 12, 2016The Governor sits a few pews away from the lesbian couple who sued to overturn the state's ban on adoption by same-sex parents. -
Michigan pastor sleeping in tent in support of LGBTQ people
Sunday, February 21, 2016A Michigan pastor has been sleeping outside in a tent for weeks to protest his denomination's stance on LGBT people. -
United Methodist Church body proposes more open stance on homosexuality
Saturday, February 14, 2015Gay 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. -
Methodists end case against bishop who officiated same-sex wedding
Tuesday, January 6, 2015A church statement says the case against retired Bishop Melvin G. Talbert is ending with a settlement that the denomination calls a "just resolution." -
Indiana church that booted gay choir director to close due to falling attendance
Wednesday, December 17, 2014The church made national headlines in January when as much as eighty percent of the congregants left after a popular gay choir director was forced to resign. -
Methodist pastor who officiated at gay son’s wedding to keep ordination
Monday, October 27, 2014NASHVILLE, 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… -
Methodist panel hears appeal over pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding
Wednesday, October 22, 2014MEMPHIS, 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… -
Methodist clergy escape sanctions over blessing of same-sex wedding
Tuesday, October 7, 2014Dozens 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…
Further Reading
First non-binary person ordained in one of America's biggest churches
Ruling against lesbian Methodist bishop highlights divisions in the denomination
A Methodist bishop is on trial because she's a lesbian
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