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Historic day for UMC: year ban on ordination of gay clergy is lifted
By: Christa Meland
The United Methodist Church made history today by removing a year ban on the ordination of gay clergy.
As of May 4, , the conclusion of this General Conference, the denomination’s Book of Discipline will no longer include a statement saying: “The Joined Methodist Church does not condone the practice of homosexuality and considers this practice incompatible with Christian teaching. Therefore, self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be certified as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in The United Methodist Church.”
This change was among 23 items on today’s consent calendar, which was approved without debate. The consent calendar allows delegates to pass multiple petitions in bulk if they have overwhelming support in legislative committee and hold no budgetary or constitutional impact.
Also on the consent calendar, which was approved by a 93 percent margin, delegates voted that superintendents are not to penalize clergy or churches for
Coming Out with the New Book of Discipline
Jan. 6, | DALLAS (UM News)
Key points:
- The Rev. Dr. Rebekah Miles joins with many United Methodists in celebrating the removal of the denomination’s year-old stance against same-sex relationships.
- With her children’s encouragement, Miles also is using the occasion of the new Book of Discipline to converse her own journey of self-discovery.
- She writes that she wants to apply her privilege to benefit others — noting that the church still has more work to do to make certain LGBTQ+ people are truly safe and welcome.
On Jan. 1, United Methodists welcomed a new, more inclusive Book of Discipline, which removed the punitive language about same-sex relationships.
Finally, we take our depart of the “incompatibility” clause, the infelicitous declaration dating from that same-sex relationships are “incompatible with Christian teaching.” I want to mark this joyful moment by coming out as a gay woman.
When I was 15, I attended the United Methodist General C
UMC removes rule that homosexuality is ‘incompatible with Christian teaching’
The United Methodist Church General Conference has voted to remove a statement from its central rulebook that declared that homosexuality was "incompatible with Christian teaching."
In a vote of to following around 90 minutes of debate on Thursday, the churchwide legislative gathering opted to remove a clause from the Book of Discipline, ¶ under "Qualifications for Ordination."
"The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching," read the clause, which had been originally added to the Book of Discipline in
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With the vote, delegates also approved the statement that "marriage [is] a sacred, lifelong covenant that brings two people of faith (adult man and elder woman of consenting age or two adult persons of consenting age) into a union of one another and into deeper relationship with God and th
What’s New in Book of Discipline on Human Sexuality?
Analysis by The Rev. Taylor W Burton Edwards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The General Conference passed more changes to statements regarding human sexuality than any previous General Conference, reversing 52 years of policies that had steadily increased restrictions on LGBTQ people. A substantial number of the changes approved emotionally attached deletions of previous content, not additions of fresh content. The Rev. Taylor W Burton Edwards suggestions an analysis in Part 5 of Ask The UMC’s series on “What’s new in the Novel of Discipline. ”Read storyRead more in series
At every General Conference from to , human sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular has been the topic that generated the most buzz, even if, from a legislative perspective, among the fewest pieces of novel or revised legislation in the Book of Discipline.
The General Conference, by contrast, made more changes and passed more legislation on this topic than any in the history of American Methodism.
That said, a substanti