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Specifically, the UMC Judicial Council said paragraph 2549 upholds the trust clause, a legal idea that vests a church’s property ultimately in the hands of a regional conference and not that ...
The conference was scheduled to be held in 2020 but had to be postponed because of the COVID pandemic, international travel challenges, and escalating tensions within the UMC regarding its LGBT+ ...
On March 17, 2020, Caldwell pleaded guilty to fraud charges and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. [21] Pastor Caldwell was released Sept 6, 2024 after serving over 3 years of his sentence. According to a statement from the church, "The court found that Caldwell made full restitution to all of the victims.
The United Methodist Church has been divided over whether to allow the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy since the denomination banned it in the Book of Discipline in 1972. ... A full list of ...
On January 3, 2020, a group of Methodist leaders proposed a plan to split the United Methodist Church over issues of sexual orientation (particularly same-sex marriage) and create a new traditionalist Methodist denomination; [16] [17] [18] the Global Methodist Church was formed in 2022. [19]
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), [410] the United Methodist Church, [411] the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, [412] and the Orthodox Church in America, all of which are members of the World Council of Churches, each individually condemned the Unite the Right rally and the racist ideology behind it, [413] as did the Church of Jesus ...
Eighty-three churches were approved to part ways with the United Methodist Church this spring. Another 59 churches were approved Nov. 18. Another 59 churches were approved Nov. 18.
For the Postponed 2020 General Conference, held April 25-May 3, 2024, RMN jointly formed the UM Queer Collaborative, a coalition with the United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus, Affirmation, the United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus (UMQCC) and the Queer Delegates Caucus (QDC), in order to advocate for votes in favor of amendments to church law ...