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A United Methodist group proposes a denominational breakup

by Yonat Shimron
August 15, 2019

(RNS) — The plan would allow the United Methodist Church to create a new, fully independent body for more conservative or traditional churches and possibly another body for its most liberal wing.

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United Methodist Church scraps plans to host General Conference in the Philippines

by Emily McFarlan Miller
August 13, 2019

(RNS) — Plans for a meeting in the Philippines are off because space was not available for the full two weeks needed to host the gathering of United Methodists from around the world.

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Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health launch relief programs in Yemen

by RNS Press Release Distribution Service
August 9, 2019

Initiatives will work with war-affected displaced people and host communities to improve health through better water and sanitation BALTIMORE—Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health have opened a country office ...

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Just like political parties, religious groups see their rivals as extremists

by Ryan Burge
August 9, 2019

(RNS) — White evangelicals and atheists sum up the political landscape the same way: “My party is moderate and sensible, while the other party is filled with extremists.”

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Adam Hamilton on 'Methodists in the middle' and what's next for the denomination

by Emily McFarlan Miller
June 4, 2019

(RNS) — As the United Methodist Church has spent decades wrestling over the inclusion of its LGBTQ members, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the United States, has emerged, as one local radio station put it, as 'the Pied Piper for Methodists in the middle.'

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Lutheran student pastor deported amid protests

by Emily McFarlan Miller
May 30, 2019

CHICAGO (RNS) — At Emaus ELCA Church in Racine, Wis., student pastor Betty Rendón was 'very well loved,' and a lot of people are feeling the loss, said the church's pastor.

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Lutherans gather in prayer for student pastor reportedly arrested by ICE

by Emily McFarlan Miller
May 15, 2019

CHICAGO (RNS) — The Rev. Paul Erickson, bishop of the ELCA’s Greater Milwaukee Synod, said the student pastor’s arrest may be 'legal, but it is immoral.'

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Lutheran pastor says Easter sermon about ‘violent Muslim purge' was misunderstood

by bob smietana
May 3, 2019

(RNS) — A Pennsylvania Lutheran pastor told his church on Easter Sunday that he wished Muslims had set fire to Notre Dame Cathedral so that there could be a 'violent purge' of Muslims from France. He now says his words were misunderstood.

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Protesting Methodist LGBTQ policy, confirmation class takes a pass

by Yonat Shimron
April 29, 2019

(RNS) — Eight teenagers who make up this year’s confirmation class stood before the congregation on Confirmation Sunday (April 28) and read a letter saying they do not want to join the church at this time.

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United Methodist court upholds Traditional Plan’s ban on LGBTQ clergy, same sex marriage

by Emily McFarlan Miller
April 26, 2019

CHICAGO (RNS) — Seven of the 17 petitions that made up the Traditional Plan are unconstitutional and will not be added with the others to the United Methodist Church’s rulebook.

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Why United Methodists are watching the results of a denominational court meeting

by Emily McFarlan Miller
April 23, 2019

CHICAGO (RNS) — What might United Methodists' top court decide this week about the Traditional Plan, and what would that mean for the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States?

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US Methodists plot ways to resist new LGBT rules

by Yonat Shimron
April 3, 2019

(RNS) — On Thursday (April 4), a group of 30 clergy, bishops and activists led by megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton will gather in Decatur, Ga., to strategize a future for those churches that cannot remain in a denomination that denies LGBT rights.

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Evidence of improper voting raises questions about Methodist gay clergy vote

by Jack Jenkins
March 15, 2019

(RNS) — Church officials say they are concerned about the possibility that improper votes were cast.

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The ’Splainer: What happened at the United Methodist General Conference?

by Emily McFarlan Miller
March 7, 2019

(RNS) — What does the Traditional Plan actually do, and what happens now? Let us ’Splain …

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Should Trump worry about white Catholic and mainline Protestant votes?

by Jack Jenkins
March 7, 2019

(RNS) — 'The nature of the Catholic sensibility – based in both faith and reason – is such that does not lend itself to being ideological and rather lends itself to being persuadable,' said the president of Catholic Democrats.

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