United Methodist Church

Pastor Craig Duke thought wearing drag would bring him closer to his queer daughter. His church then allegedly fired him for wearing a wig and make-up.

The “welcoming, all-inclusive congregation” in Georgia is the first in the country to break away due to the Methodists’ anti-LGBTQ stances.

This pandemic doesn’t call for pandemonium. Our collective concern should be about saving lives, not the momentary inconvenience to our lifestyles.

As a nation, we’re at crossroads on many issues. It’s a shame when a church cannot bring us together.

Three days before the international Methodist church will implement a harsh anti-LGBTQ policy, this church will affirm people’s wedding vows.

“We should have done more to follow the movement of God’s Spirit, and we are sorry for our failure.”

“We are concerned that if we join at this time, we will be sending a message that we approve of this decision.”

All people under God have the same sacred worth — even if the United Methodist Church doesn’t practice it.

The United Methodist Church is facing a schism over its anti-LGBTQ stance.

The Methodists’ harsh, anti-LGBTQ stance is already starting to divide the church.

“They didn’t know God could love them because their churches said God didn’t.”

They will hold a trial to decide his status in the denomination after over 600 ministers demanded he be investigated for violating church doctrine.

Because nothing angers Jesus more than love, right?

This clergy member feels a calling to be a “visibly trans person” ordained by a church that still officially bans LGB clergy.

Bishop Karen Oliveto’s civil marriage to another woman violates church law that bars clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals,” the Judicial Council said.

Within minutes, a formal complaint was filed challenging her election as bishop as contrary to the church ban on clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals.”

Church rules forbid its pastors from performing same-sex marriages.

Church law explicitly forbids a “self-avowed practicing homosexual” from being a church leader.

Delegates at the Methodist General Conference voted 428-405 to delay all consideration of LGBT-related proposals.

A Michigan pastor has been sleeping outside in a tent for weeks to protest his denomination’s stance on LGBT people.