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2024年10月29日 · The United Methodist Church’s top court ruled that a church closure cannot be used as an alternative method of disaffiliation. The Judicial Council also struck down as unconstitutional an expansion of the church-closure law.

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2024年10月30日 · The United Methodist Church’s highest court has ruled that congregations seeking to leave the denomination over theological differences cannot do so via a church closure provision.

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2024年4月16日 · A spending plan being proposed to the upcoming UMC General Conference – the group's top legislative assembly, which meets every four years – is $23.8 million less than the last one and more than...

2024年5月1日 · In a 692-51 vote, church leaders passed several rules without debate, including overturning both its ban on gay clergy and the penalties for holding same-sex marriages, according to the United...

2024年5月1日 · Follow along for live updates. Yesterday's UMC news:UMC live updates: United Methodists take first steps toward removing LGBTQ+ restrictions What lifted ordination ban means for one Ohio pastor. For Ohio pastor Rev. Angie Cox, there are immediate and tangible implications with the newly lifted ban on ordaining LGBTQ+ clergy.

2023年12月18日 · 1 in 4 UMC congregations have now disaffiliated in the largest US denominational schism since the Civil War. Will African Methodists leave next? The rupture of the United Methodist Church...