UMC drops decades-old ban on ordaining LGBT clergy without debate

The United Methodist General Conference has voted to remove a decades-old ban on ordaining pastors in romantic same-sex relationships after thousands of conservative congregations left the denomination in recent years.  #UMC #UnitedMethodistChurch #LGBT #clergy #bookofdiscipline #schism

​The United Methodist General Conference has voted to remove a decades-old ban on ordaining pastors in romantic same-sex relationships after thousands of conservative congregations left the denomination in recent years.  #UMC #UnitedMethodistChurch #LGBT #clergy #bookofdiscipline #schism