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Massachusetts church says it’s open for same-sex weddings

A UMNS Report by Sam Hodges The council of Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge, Mass., has approved a “Marriage Equality Statement” saying that the...

Commission on General Conference Favors Discernment Process

By Diane Degnan | United Methodist Communications Portland, Ore.: The Commission on the General Conference gave the go-ahead for an alternative process of discernment for dealing...

Delegates, supporters stand with LGBTQ people

By Kathy L. Gilbert and Sam Hodges May 14, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) As lay delegate Fred Brewington rose to address the United Methodist General Conference on...

Relief for those fleeing Washington fires

By Linda Bloom | Aug. 26, 2015 | NEW YORK (UMNS) Last summer, a wildfire scorched the back of Pateros Community United Methodist Church in Washington State and...

Mandatory penalties ruled unconstitutional

By Linda Bloom May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Imposing a mandatory penalty during the “just resolution” process for a clergyperson admitting to committing a...

2 clergy face 24-hour suspension for gay weddings

Rev. Gordon Hutchins marries Wayne and Michael Simonson at his church in Tacoma, WA. Screen grab from the video, A Church Divided produced by Adithya Sambamurthy/The Center for...

111 clergy, clergy candidates come out as gay – #UMCGC

UPDATES with support from other faith leaders By Heather Hahn May 9, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) A letter from 500 openly LGBTQ clergy, future pastors...

Amicable breakup of UMC needed, pastor group says

By Sam Hodges | May 22, 2014| DALLAS (UMNS) A group of United Methodist pastors and theologians is calling for an amicable split of the denomination,...

Council of Bishops Names 32 Commission Members

Washington, D.C. The United Methodist Council of Bishops has announced the membership of the Commission on a Way Forward. "After three months of diligent and...

Poll: Making disciples tops United Methodists’ priorities; sexuality ranks low

More than 90 percent of members say church shouldn’t split over issue NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A new poll of United Methodists in the United States shows that...

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