Explainer: United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote
RNS The United Methodist Church’s deadline for petitions for its next global meeting passed Wednesday, setting the terms for a final reckoning with LGBTQ issues that have divided the denomination for more than 40 years. The UMC’s General Conference 2020, to be held in May in Minneapolis, will consider the structure of what church leaders […]
United Methodist Church scraps plans to host General Conference in the Philippines
RNS The United Methodist Church has scrapped plans for its first General Conference meeting outside the United States. The global denomination had been planning to hold the 2024 meeting of its decision-making body in Manila, capital of the Philippines. But plans for a meeting there, first announced in 2015, are now off. Delegates attend the day […]
In the US, United Methodist court upholds ‘Traditional Plan’s’ ban on LGBTQ clergy, same sex marriage
Chicago, USRNS The United Methodist Church’s top court has upheld much of the Traditional Plan approved earlier this year, continuing the global denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members. Approved by delegates to a special session of the United Methodist Church’s General Conference in February, the Traditional Plan strengthens language in […]
In the US, United Methodists pass Traditional Plan, keep ban on LGBTQ clergy, same-sex marriage
St Louis, USRNS Delegates to a special session of the United Methodist Church decided Tuesday to strengthen the denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of LGBTQ people. Delegates to the General Conference, the global denomination’s decision-making body, passed the Traditional Plan by a vote of 438 to 384. Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey announces the […]
Meeting in the US, United Methodists vote pensions, ‘Traditional Plan’ as top priorities
St Louis, USRNS Delegates to a special session of the United Methodist Church decided on Sunday to start deliberations over the denomination’s future by talking about money. Then they will talk about sex. Rev Austin Adkinson, right, and members of the Queer Clergy Caucus sing and greet attendees on the first day of deliberations at […]