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A pro-LGBTQ message on a Methodist church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Thousands of United Methodist churches break away over LGBTQ+ disagreements

Jun 6, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

As the United Methodist Church is rocked by disagreement over LGBTQ+ issues, over 4,000 congregations have officially split from the... Read more

Hartzell Memorial United Methodist church in Chicago. Illinois.

Will LGBT activists split the Methodists?

Mar 29, 2019

By Kevin J. Jones

While the United Methodist Church has reaffirmed traditional Christian teaching on controversial LGBT issues, some American leaders in the denomination... Read more

As LGBT push fails, Methodists reaffirm marriage, sexuality teachings

Feb 28, 2019

By Kevin J. Jones

A major gathering of the United Methodist Church has reaffirmed its teaching on homosexuality, rejecting same-sex unions and the ordination... Read more

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The Supreme Court of India.

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Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

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The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of Sept. 2, 2024.

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