United Methodists: What happened to the proposal to split the denomination?
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports that before United Methodists could vote on the widely endorsed plan, traditionalists went ahead and launched a new denomination and several representatives of centrist and progressive groups revoked their support…
Evidence of improper voting raises questions about Methodist gay clergy vote
RNS United Methodist Church officials admitted this week that some of the votes cast during its recent special session on sexuality may have been invalid. During a special session of the UMC General Conference in St Louis, Missouri, which met last month, delegates from the largest mainline Protestant denomination made headlines for backing measures to strengthen bans […]