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New plan decentralizes the role of the United States
After years of controversy over LGBTQ issues that split their denomination, United Methodists have ratified a plan to restructure the 57-year-old church.
Snapshot of top happenings from this past week
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REAP tried—and failed—to end religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws
Last week, the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP) announced it will end operations.
Ministry targeted for biblical views of sex and marriage
Focus on the Family has joined a long list of conservative Christian ministries to receive a “hate group” designation by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Statement sparked confusion, also saying ‘faithful Christians’ can hold to other views
he board of a leading evangelical seminary voted to affirm its long-standing stance on biblical marriage and human sexuality during its May meeting.
33 Christian Reformed ministers took oath to a rival denomination as church split deepens
(RNS) — At a church just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), 33 ministers from the Christian Reformed Church in North America stood up to read aloud a declaration, officially accepting ordination in ...
Campus ministry faced accusations of compromising on biblical sexuality
A major evangelical campus ministry is distancing itself from a controversial curriculum.
New denomination meeting to adopt constitution and iron out governance structure.
Sexuality won’t be on the agenda as members of the nascent Global Methodist Church convene for the first time Sept. 20-26 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Thomas Jay Oord advocates for full LGBTQ inclusion; also embraces open theism
A Church of the Nazarene minister advocating for “full queer inclusion” has been brought up on charges and faces an upcoming trial that could result in removal of his credentials as an ordained minister.
General Conference also voted to eliminate pathway for churches to disaffiliate
United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly Wednesday (May 1) overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred clergy who identify as LGBTQ from ordination in the denomination, a historic step for the nation’s second-largest Protestant ...
