Current location:Stellar Series news portal > health
United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
Stellar Series news portal2024-05-21 08:48:25【health】6People have gathered around
IntroductionCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first le
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy.
After a day off on Sunday, delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church resumed their work Monday and will be meeting all this week before wrapping up their 11-day session on Friday
They’ve already begun making historic changes: On Thursday, delegates overwhelmingly endorsed a policy shift that would restructure the worldwide denomination into regional conferences and give the U.S. region, for the first time, the same right as international bodies to modify church rules to fit local situations.
That measure — subject to local ratification votes — is seen as a way the U.S. churches could have LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage while the more conservative overseas areas, particularly the large and fast-growing churches of Africa, could maintain those bans.
Address of this article:http://turksandcaicosislands.popular-vines.com/news-43a599433.html
Very good!(4)
Related articles
- Not so Cool Britannia! Noel Gallagher gives damning verdict on Keir Starmer
- ALISON BOSHOFF: Yo ho ho! Johnny Depp to launch his own brand of Caribbean dark rum
- Rihanna shows off her wild side in a low
- Copa 71 review: An enlightening documentary about REAL girl power, writes BRIAN VINER
- Yvette Fielding says her Most Haunted co
- King Willem
- JENNI MURRAY: The Cass Report is a voice of reason on trans dogma that must not be ignored
- 'The more, the merrier!' Mother of Princess Beatrice's stepson says she is still close with her ex
- Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world
- San Bernardino police arrest teen for murder of 14
Popular articles
Recommended
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
I endured aggressive chemo and said goodbye to my family after being given just 15 months to live
Dog severely burned and abandoned by owner in San Bernardino
Government rejects Westport's plea for flood protection funding
Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
Masterful meals: Pea and white truffle soup with Parmesan galettes
Gary Neville takes aim at 'terrible' Arsenal player who 'kept falling over' during their 0
Links
- Year in Politics: The year of three prime ministers and a swing to the right
- Wastewater testing reveals alcohol consumption higher in smaller towns
- Chinese tourist tower overlooking North Korea could be demolished — Radio Free Asia
- North Korea's Kim Jong Un turns 40 ... maybe
- Tāngarākau campground murder: Justice Williamson
- Mouse filmed tidying up man's shed every night
- Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters praises US engagement in the Pacific
- Free trade deal with India challenging but not impossible
- In China, a factory is turning old wedding photographs into fuel
- Yemen strikes: Houthis hit US