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The blessing or wedding of same-sex marriages and same-sex unions is an issue about which leaders of Christian churches are in ongoing disagreement. Traditionally, Christianity teaches that homosexual acts are sinful and that holy matrimony can only exist between two persons of different sexes.
PETER SMITH. May 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule ...
The United Methodist Church was the last of the major U.S. mainline groups to liberalize its policies on sexuality in part because of its large presence in rural, small-town and Southern areas ...
[109] [110] After voting (February 2019), this proposal was rejected in favor of a "traditional plan" which rejects gay marriage. [111] The United Methodist Church (UMC) has a General Conference every four years to make decisions and when a decision is made, they add it to the Book of Discipline.
The 523-161 vote to approve a section of the church's Revised Social Principles took place at the General Conference of the United Methodist Church in the penultimate day of their 11-day legis.
[120] [121] [122] However, on 25 April 2017, "In a 6-to-3 vote, the United Methodist Church’s highest court ruled that a married lesbian bishop, and those who consecrated her, had violated church law on marriage and homosexuality"; [123] the United Methodist Church held that she "is in violation of a church law barring the ordination of 'self ...
Bennett's church at 2727 SW 119 in south Oklahoma City disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in 2022 and joined the Global Methodist Church, a Methodist denomination that launched in 2022.
LGBT portal. v. t. e. The ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender ( LGBT) clergy who are open about their sexuality or gender identity; are sexually active if lesbian, gay, or bisexual; or are in committed same-sex relationships is a debated practice within some contemporary Christian denominations .