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Apr 18 2024
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Outgoing United Methodist leader predicts fallout if LGBTQ rules relaxed at upcoming meeting
The United Methodist Church could face a “seismic shift” if next week’s business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday. On the ballot are proposals to drop restrictions on the roles available to LGBTQ people in the denomination, to eliminate policy language calling homosexuality “
Washington TimesMay 08 2023
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Pastors react to local congregations leaving United Methodist Church
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - More than 230 Alabama and west Florida congregations have left the United Methodist Church in the past year, including 193 congregations that left Sunday. “I think one of the hot button issues has been the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman, and also other issues of human sexuality,” said Lester Spencer, the lead pastor of Saint James Global Methodist
WSFA 12Mar 20 2024
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Milford Hills United Methodist Church hosts public Stations of the Cross Walk featuring illustrations by Tennessee men on death row
SALISBURY — Milford Hills United Methodist Church is pleased to announce a unique and thought-provoking event, a public Stations of the Cross Walk featuring illustrations created by Tennessee men on death row. This event will occur from March 24 through April 7 at Milford Hills United Methodist Church, located at 1630 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury. The Stations of the Cross, a centuries-old
Salisbury PostJun 07 2023
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More than 100 SC United Methodist churches split with denomination
FLORENCE — After years of battling over finances, human sexuality, property rights and religious discipline, 113 United Methodist Churches formally left the denomination during the annual state conference on June 6. The Florence District, where the meeting was held, had the most churches leave, with 25 choosing to separate. Marion had 23, and Spartanburg and Hartsville also hit double-digits
The Post and CourierMar 21 2024
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United Methodists are set to hold a historic worldwide meeting: The key issues to watch
• The United Methodist Church General Conference, which is the international legislative assembly for the denomination that meets every four years, will take place April 22 - May 3 in Charlotte. • The general conference follows a 5-year-long exodus of mostly conservative churches as part of splintering over theology and church policy, including dealing with LGBTQ+ rights. • Key proposals
The TennesseanDec 21 2023
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Dec. 31 Deadline for United Methodist U.S. Church Departures: Could an 'African Wave' be Next?
The fracture of the United Methodist Church (UMC) is nearly complete as a quarter of U.S. congregations in the church have received permission to leave the denomination during a five-year window, closing at the end of this month.
As CBN News reported, the UMC has been accelerating its moves to become more accepting of LGBTQ lifestyles, despite biblical prohibitions, leading to deeper
CBNJul 28 2023
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Citing jurisdiction, Oklahoma United Methodist Conference appeals First Church ruling
State United Methodist leaders have appealed a judge's ruling against them in a disaffiliation dispute with an Oklahoma City church. Oklahoma United Methodist Conference leaders said their First Amendment rights were violated when a judge ruled that they intentionally prevented First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City from disaffiliating in April alongside 55 other churches. They are
Jun 06 2022
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Dozens of Georgia churches split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ issues
Seventy churches in Georgia split from the United Methodist Church (UMC) last week largely over LGBTQ issues, marking the latest in a growing divide within the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
The North Georgia Conference voted last Thursday to allow the churches, most of which were in rural areas, to disaffiliate from the UMC. The process for disaffiliation
Fox News (Online News)Mar 23 2024
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First United Methodist provides homeless women a chance to recharge on Friday mornings
First United Methodist provides homeless women a chance to recharge on Friday mornings Zeta Forsyth gets her hair cut by stylist Jennifer Cruz after getting a shower and breakfast during 'At the Well' on Friday, March 22, 2024. The event is held every Friday morning by volunteers at First United Methodist Church in downtown Austin to provide women experiencing homelessness with a chance to
Austin American-StatesmanApr 12 2024
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Alabama Supreme Court denies United Methodist request to dismiss lawsuit: Dothan megachurch says it owes no money
The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday denied a request by the United Methodist Church to dismiss a lawsuit by a Dothan megachurch that claims it owes the denomination no money to leave. The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church had asked a Houston County court to dismiss the case, saying it was a church matter and shouldn’t be decided by the courts. The Houston County
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