Methodist Church court defrocks lesbian minister

The highest court in the Methodist Church yesterday defrocked a lesbian minister in Philadelphia, and reinstated a Virginia pastor who had been suspended for denying congregation membership to a gay man.
The nine-member Judicial Council also voided a declaration by Methodists in the Pacific Northwest that there was a ”difference of opinion among faithful Christians regarding sexual orientation and practice.
Methodist Church court defrocks lesbian minister – The Boston Globe

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