Current location:entertainment >>
United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
entertainment21People have gathered around
IntroductionCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first le ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy.
After a day off on Sunday, delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church resumed their work Monday and will be meeting all this week before wrapping up their 11-day session on Friday
They’ve already begun making historic changes: On Thursday, delegates overwhelmingly endorsed a policy shift that would restructure the worldwide denomination into regional conferences and give the U.S. region, for the first time, the same right as international bodies to modify church rules to fit local situations.
That measure — subject to local ratification votes — is seen as a way the U.S. churches could have LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage while the more conservative overseas areas, particularly the large and fast-growing churches of Africa, could maintain those bans.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Culture Canvas news portal”。http://burma.unhasdecoradas.org/article-10f299699.html
Related articles
Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
entertainmentNEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s move into tennis will now include a multiyear deal to sponsor the WTA ...
Read moreMan dies in fire under Atlantic City pier near homeless encampment
entertainmentATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A man died in a fire under an Atlantic City pier near a homeless encampme ...
Read moreWorker electrocuted while doing maintenance on utility pole in upstate New York
entertainmentBERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A man working on a utility pole was electrocuted early Friday when low-hanging wi ...
Read more
Popular articles
- Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
- Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula explores selling non
- Shocking moment group of yobs hurl racist abuse at train passengers
- Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations
- 'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
- Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Latest articles
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
Where will Israel
How Taylor Swift's British ex Joe Alwyn kept dignified silence during six
Owner of Bob Baffert
Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
Coyotes' move to Salt Lake City elicits opposing responses in 2 cities
LINKS
- China's GDP grew 5.3% in Q1, beating expectations
- Why the royals are no fans of Buckingham Palace... and what it's really like to live there
- Vo Thi Anh Xuan named as Vietnamese acting president
- 'Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road Initiative' informs and inspires readers in Chile
- Nostalgic murals help village paint a future
- Cubs place Seiya Suzuki on 10
- Doctors thought woman, 77, had cancer... then they discovered she had a brain
- Israel vows 'appropriate response' if Iran attacks its territory
- 11 killed in suspected IS attack in Syrian desert region: war monitor
- Russia detains 3 more suspects involved in Moscow terror attack