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Justices won't step into Mississippi gay rights legal fight

By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private businesspeople cite their own… read more

Against Clarity: A progressive Christian opposes rating churches on LGBT acceptance

By Barbara G. Wheeler / Religion News Service
(RNS) —As reported by RNS senior columnist Jonathan Merritt, an organization called Church Clarity wants to label as many congregations as possible “affirming”… read more

Human sexuality, scientific research and the church

By Ministry Matters
As The United Methodist Church prepares for a special session of General Conference in early 2019 to receive and act on a report from the Council of Bishops based on the… read more

Jen Hatmaker, LGBTQ and apostolicity

By Mark Tooley
Recently religion columnist Jonathan Merritt complained about the evangelical “aristocracy” disapproving popular blogger Jen Hatmaker, who is from an evangelical… read more

Bishops set date for special 2019 General Conference

By Heather Hahn / United Methodist News Service
(UMNS) The Council of Bishops announced the call to a special General Conference on Feb. 23-26, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. The special meeting of The United Methodist… read more

Jesus' prayer for unity and the UMC

By James C. Howell
As we pray for our Commission on a Way Forward, which meets this week, I'm reminded of a friend who will occasionally post a photo of a boring conference session, or a… read more
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