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Fun fact I was one of like 5 observers in the subcommittee session at #UMCGC2024 when Deacon sacraments passed! And then in the committee room and again in the full session!

United Methodist Church lifts bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.

This is made possible in party by the departure of more conservative churches to either the Global Methodist Church, independent of any denomination, or other Wesleyan denominations.
#UMCGC2024 #UMCGC
www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1...

United Methodist Church lifts bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.

At the United Methodist Church's General Conference today, the UMC voted overwhelmingly to lift its ban on LGBTQ+ clergy and denominational clergy officiating same-sex weddings.

#UMCGC2024 #UMCGC

www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1...

Why is the United Methodist Church meeting over LGBTQ+ rights? Delegates at the church's General Conference are likely to vote to rescind anti-LGBTQ+ policies, but it's not a done deal.

The General Conference is likely to repeal the denomination's anti-LGBTQ+ laws. #UMCGC2024 #UMCGC

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Why is the United Methodist Church meeting over LGBTQ+ rights? Delegates at the church's General Conference are likely to vote to rescind anti-LGBTQ+ policies, but it's not a done deal.

The United Methodist Church has been facing a schism in recent years, and LGBTQ+ issues are the key driver. A sizable amount of the more conservative churches disaffiliated from the UMC in favor of either going independent or join the Global Methodist Church.
#UMCGC2024 #UMCGC

Three United Women in Faith hold a sign that says Fossil Free UMC

We ENGAGE by calling for legislation, regulation, and enforcement of laws and policies to get us to a clean energy future. These are the measures the Fossils oppose.
No Faith in fossil fuels. #umcgc2024
FossilFreeUMC (dot) net

Delegates to #umcgc2024 should know that they have not yet joined with others to stand up to BIG OIL the way others have. Let’s change that. Stand up to denial, delay tactics, and defeatism. Let nothing stand in the way of the clean energy future.