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      • The UMC General Conference is convening in Charlotte for a two-week legislative summit expected to shape the long-term future of the denomination. The nation's largest mainline Protestant denomination saw a quarter of its churches in the U.S. leave due to a splintering over church policy and theology, including dealing with LGBTQ+ rights.
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  2. May 3, 2024 · CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (RNS) — United Methodists concluded their General Conference on Friday (May 3) by removing the last barriers to full equality of LGBTQ+ members in the life of the...

  3. May 15, 2024 · General Conference brought big changes, particularly the removal of constraints on ministry with and by LGBTQ people. Now The United Methodist Church’s challenge is to remain a big-tent denomination that can evangelize in diverse communities and countries.

  4. The main governing body of the United Methodist Church, General Conference, met in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 23-May 3, 2024. By anyone’s estimation, this long-delayed meeting was a watershed event marking a new direction for the UMC as a progressive denomination, especially in the United States.

  5. May 3, 2024 · General Conference on April 30 approved via consent calendar a resolution asking that United Methodist institutions not buy government bonds from Israel, Turkey and Morocco, given that those nations have engaged in long-term military occupations. The resolution comes amid pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. college campuses and after a ...

  6. May 1, 2024 · The United Methodist General Conference on Wednesday morning repealed its longstanding ban on ordaining openly gay and lesbian clergy. The change happened quietly and without controversy...

  7. May 4, 2024 · The general conference overwhelmingly voted to discontinue a policy allowing churches to leave through a process called disaffiliation — effectively ending the splintering — and to adopt...

  8. May 4, 2024 · The postponed 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church, held from April 23-May 3, 2024, marked a significant moment in our history.

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