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Missouri churchgoers are stunned as connections between their pastor and Jeffrey Epstein’s private island come to light

A Missouri pastor just found herself suspended after her church discovered she previously managed Jeffrey Epstein’s private island. Bishop Robert Farr of the Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church placed Rev. Stephanie L. Remington on leave last Thursday, March 13, pending a review by the episcopal office.

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United Methodist Pastor Comes Out As Transgender Mid-Sermon — Who Is Rev Phil Phaneuf And What Was The Church's Response?

Rev Phil Phaneuf came out as transgender during a sermon, drawing support from church leaders and sparking debate on gender identity in Methodist communities.

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Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies

United Methodist News Service reports that a religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze

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Methodist church regrets Côte d’Ivoire's split from the union as lifting of LGBTQ ban roils Africa

Leaders of the United Methodist Church have expressed regret over last week’s decision by the branch in Côte d’Ivoire to leave the union following the church’s decision to repeal a long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ clergy but pledged to accept it

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With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors

A 23-acre farm located amid lush green meadows and stands of pine is where Elaine Heath, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and a former dean of the Duke Divinity School, started a new monastic community known as the Church at Spring Forest

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Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship

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One fourth of United Methodist churches in US have left in schism over LGBTQ ban. What happens now?

United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ persons

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California bishop acquitted in first United Methodist court trial of its kind in nearly a century

A United Methodist Church court has acquitted a California bishop of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century

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Congregations leave United Methodist Church over defiance of LGBTQ bans

The largest mainline Protestant denomination in the U.S. is shrinking due to disputes over LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex marriage. About 20% of United Methodist congregations have left in recent years.

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Memphis teen 1 of 2 charged in church leader's 2022 killing

Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been indicted in the carjacking and fatal shooting of a prominent United Methodist Church leader in Memphis, Tennessee

The Independent UK

Meet the Idaho Christians pushing for greater LGBTQ representation in government

BOISE, Idaho — Meridian Parks and Recreation Commissioner Dom Gelsomino recently recalled a speech he’d made in 2018, as a delegate to the Idaho GOP State Convention.

Tribune News Service

Hundreds of Texas churches seek approval to leave the United Methodist Church Saturday

DALLAS — The regional governing bodies of the United Methodist Church are called annual conferences. They typically meet once a year to conduct church business. But two of those Texas conferences will meet this weekend in special sessions to approve the withdrawal of potentially hundreds of churches from the UMC.

Tribune News Service

LGBTQ-friendly votes signal progressive shift for Methodists

The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings this month

The Independent UK

Texas megachurch votes in favor of disaffiliation from United Methodist Church

DALLAS — While Texans takes to the polls Tuesday to decide the future of the state, members of the White’s Chapel United Methodist Church voted Monday to decide the future of their church.

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United Methodists are breaking up in a slow-motion schism

The United Methodist Church, long a mainstay of the American religious scene, is beginning to fracture

Tribune News Service

Texas church to self-appoint LGBTQ pastors after bishop denies request

DALLAS — Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas on Sunday will self-appoint two LGBTQ+ staff members to pastor positions after their requests for appointments were rejected by the bishop of North Texas.

The Independent UK

United Methodist bishops acknowledge breakup is imminent

The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops had ended a five-day meeting acknowledging the inevitable breakup of their denomination

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Methodist conservatives to launch breakaway group in May

A group of theologically conservative United Methodists plans to launch a new worldwide denomination on May 1

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