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(RNS) A jury of United Methodist pastors began hearing testimony Tuesday (Nov. 19) that will help determine if the Rev. Frank Schaefer will lose his clergy credentials for breaking church law by officiating at the same-sex marriage of his son in 200...

Kenosha may have unilaterally attempted to reconcile with their former pastor. But the UMC’s Book of Discipline still unambiguously states that “self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be certified as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed...

Last week, 15 New York-area United Methodist Church clergy and clergy candidates released an open letter declaring that “We are lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer”—an action that, given the mainline denomination’s still hostile stance to homosexuality...

Bruce’s Babblings by the Rev. Bruce Nelson, President, Western District Executive Board Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Psalm 19: 1 states, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”  (New International...

In John 11 we read of the death of Lazarus and how Martha and Mary were standing at the tomb mourning the death of their brother. Christ arrives and Mary says, “Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.” This troubled Christ and he wept...