{"id":2234973,"date":"2024-05-01T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-methodists-repeal-ban-on-lgbt-clergy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T19:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:58:56","slug":"united-methodists-repeal-ban-on-lgbt-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-methodists-repeal-ban-on-lgbt-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"United Methodists lift ban on LGBT clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funited-methodists-repeal-ban-on-lgbt-clergy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United Methodist\u2064 church has \u2064lifted its four-decade ban on LGBT \u2064clergy. Delegates voted 692-51 to repeal the prohibition on &#8220;self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seventy-churches-in-georgia-split-from-united-methodist-church-over-lgbtq-issues\/\" title=\"Seventy Churches in Georgia Split From United Methodist Church Over LGBTQ Issues\">-avowed practicing homosexuals<\/a>&#8221; from ordination. The decision, made with no debate, signals a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-growing-democratic-opposition-to-cheap-labor-migration\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Growing Democratic Opposition to Cheap Labor Migration\">significant shift<\/a> in\u2064 inclusivity within the church. The penalties for celebrating same-sex marriages were also overturned. The United Methodist Church has lifted its four-decade ban on\u2063 LGBT clergy, \u200bwith delegates voting 692-51 to repeal the prohibition on &#8220;self-avowed practicing homosexuals&#8221; from ordination. This decision, made without debate, marks a significant step towards inclusivity \u200bwithin the church. Additionally, penalties for officiating same-sex marriages have been overturned.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The United Methodist church has lifted its four-decade ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT<\/a> clergy members.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday with no debate, church delegates repealed a ban prohibiting \u201cself-avowed practicing homosexuals\u201d from being ordained or appointed as ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates voted 692-51 at their first <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">General Conference in five years, a sharp contrast to previous conferences, which have upheld the ban.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ban was initially introduced in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Penalties for celebrating same-sex marriages were also overturned. The United Methodist church had previously put performing same-sex unions on a list of offenses that could result in a church trial.<\/p>\n<p>The General Conference was held at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Many LGBT supporters in attendance at the conference reacted emotionally, hugging and crying at the decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umnews.org\/en\/news\/40-year-ban-on-gay-clergy-struck-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to United Methodist News. Applause also broke out after the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew every day is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world,\u201d prayed retired Methodist Bishop Hope Morgan War. \u201cStir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all creation, and to devote this day to your service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Also in attendance was Methodist Bishop Karen Oliveto, the church\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-100-florida-churches-fleeing-denomination-over-lgbtq-issues\/\" title=\"More Than 100 Florida Churches Fleeing Denomination Over LGBTQ Issues\">openly lesbian bishop<\/a> in the United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed like such a simple vote, but it carried so much weight and power, as 50 years of restricting the Holy Spirit\u2019s call on people\u2019s lives has been lifted,\u201d Oliveto said. \u201cPeople can live fully into their call without fear. The church we\u2019ve loved has found a home for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been going on like this since the \u201970s and, finally, in just a brief few minutes with no debate, it was gone. And now we can get on about the business of the church,\u201d said Marilyn Murphy, an observer from the South Carolina Conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did tear up this morning at the announcement of the vote because it was just a huge relief to see justice had been done after so many years,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/01\/us\/united-methodist-church-lgbtq-clergy-reaj\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Matt Patrick, co-pastor at the University United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. \u201cThere\u2019s just been a lot of pain in order to get us to this place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives in both the Methodist Church, as well as the Episcopal and the Evangelical Lutheran Churches have objected to the move toward LGBT clergy. Some have even broken away to form their own denominations in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is certainly the lightning rod issue, the presenting issue, but our division goes so much deeper,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/01\/us\/methodist-church-gay-ban-lgbtq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Rob Renfroe, president of Good News, a Methodist traditionalist caucus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the church becomes more and more liberal, and if a social agenda becomes its driving force, that\u2019s not going to grow the church,\u201d Renfroe said.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, many Christian churches have moved in a progressive direction, including on LGBT issues.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has swirled about whether the Catholic Church would change its positions on issues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dennis-prager-women-are-disproportionately-hurting-our-country\/\" title=\"Dennis Prager: Women Are Disproportionately Hurting Our Country\">women clergy<\/a>, contraception, gay marriage, and gender ideology, but the church has never changed its official doctrine.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Methodist church has ended its four-decade ban on LGBT clergy. Delegates voted 692-51 at the first General Conference in five years, repealing the prohibition on &#8220;self-avowed practicing homosexuals&#8221; from ordination. The decision marks a significant shift from past conferences, signaling inclusivity within the church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2234974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-565244129.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-565244129.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}