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Texas Megachurch Votes to Leave UMC Over LGBT Issues

By JRL Charts|2023-02-28T10:48:45-08:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: LGBT Clergy, LGBT News, lgbt politics, Religion and LGBT Issues, UMC same sex marriage, United methodist church|

PLANO, TX — (02-28-23) — A megachurch in Texas voted overwhelmingly to leave the United Methodist Church (UMC) for ordaining LGBTQ clergy and officiating at or hosting same-sex marriages. The church's departure comes as more than 2,000 U.S. churches have disaffiliated from United Methodist Church since 2019, when they publicly came out in support of [...]

Gay Pastor of United Methodist Church Fights to Keep His Job

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer CINCINNATI — According to a popular Cincinnati pastor, after marrying the love of his life of 30 years, complaints started coming into the church demanding that he be dismissed as some of the members complaining state that the pastor's lifestyle are at odds with some in his denomination with the [...]