The United Methodist Church could face a 'seismic shift' if next week's business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday.
could face a “seismic shift” if next week’s business session approves sweeping measures to relax long-held denominational restrictions and policies on homosexuality, an outgoing leader said Wednesday.
The group, an association of churches that comprises America’s second-largest Protestant denomination and whose membership extends around the globe, lost 24% of its more than 30,000 congregations by the end of last year amid disputes over homosexuality in theThe majority of the departing congregations wanted to retain the established rules that bar gays from ordained ministry and prohibit same-sex marriage, while progressives have for years sought change.
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