The United Methodist Church — the third-largest religious sect in the U.S. — are considering a split that would allow the Church to ordain, marry LGBTQ people
“This protocol provides a pathway that acknowledges our differences, respects everyone in the process and graciously allows us to continue to live out the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, albeit in different expressions,” said New York Conference Bishop Thomas Bickerton, who was part of the group that helped craft the proposal.
notes, the United Methodist Church is one of the few remaining mainline Protestant denominations in the United States to not perform same-sex marriage or allow LGBTQ clergy, and issues over LGBTQ inclusion have been a point of contention in recent years. But while political divides in the United States have fueled this fight, it was ultimately a global one, with international churches, especially those in Africa, tending to lean more conservative.
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