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There have been other formal divisions over LGBTQ issues in the Christian Church among different denominations – including Episcopalians, Lutherans, and Presbyterians – in the last two decades ...
Methodist churches in North Carolina and the nation are deeply split over the the ordination, marriage and spiritual standing of LGBTQ+ members. Almost 200 western NC Methodist churches leaving ...
More than 7,600 congregations, or about 25%, have broken off from the larger church in the past several years over disputes about LGBTQ rights and inclusivity, such as same-sex marriage and ...
The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church has voted to allow 261 churches to leave the denomination amid a schism over LGBTQ issues.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church unanimously voted to forbid ministers from blessing same-sex unions in July 2004. [1] [2] [3] The church leaders stated that homosexual activity "clearly contradicts [their] understanding of Scripture" and that the call of the African Methodist Episcopal Church "is to hear the voice of God in our Scriptures". [1]
The LDS Church has campaigned against government recognition of same-sex marriage, [68] and the topic of same-sex marriage has been one of the church's foremost public concerns since 1993. [60]: 1 The church's policies and treatment of LGBT people has long been a source of controversy both within and outside the church.
The reversals can be seen as marking the end of a half-century of epic battles and schisms over LGBTQ involvement — not only in the United Methodist Church but in U.S. mainline Protestant ...
The split was largely over LGBTQ issues. These churches across the state will go their own way after the United Methodist Church approved the separation Tuesday.