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May 1, 2024

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United Methodist Church Drops Ban on ‘Self-Avowed Practicing’ Gay Clergy

Without challenge or debate, members of the United Methodist Church decided on May 1 to drop the denomination’s 40-year ban on gay clergy. The post United […]

November 5, 2022

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United Methodist Church Elects the Rev. David Wilson as First-Ever Native American Bishop

The Rev. David Wilson made history as the first Native American to be elected to the position of bishop in the United Methodist Church. The post […]

August 10, 2019

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Less Than United: the People of the United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church has never been united on the politics of identity. Its story could just as easily be read as the saga of cultural […]

October 30, 2018

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Methodist and Baptist Leaders Disrupt Jeff Sessions Speech With Call to ‘Repent’

By Jack Jenkins, Oct. 29, 2018 (RNS) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was only moments into a speech on religious liberty Monday (Oct. 29) before he […]

April 30, 2018

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The Methodist Preacher Who Used Christianity to Revive the Klan

Restricting membership to white Christians, the Klan wore white robes to symbolize “purity,” burned crosses to signify “the Light of Christ” and picked selective scriptures from […]