United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

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United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

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Religion@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.

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