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Day: February 26, 2019

United Methodists pass Traditional Plan, keep ban on LGBTQ clergy, same-sex marriage

Vocal audience during passage of Traditional Plan at UMCGC.
by: Emily McFarlan Miller ST. LOUIS, Feb 26, 2019 (RNS) — Delegates to a special session of the United Methodist Church decided Tuesday (Feb. 26) to strengthen the denomination’s banRead More

Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore urged senators to support the bill hours before the vote.

Bill to protect abortion survivors dies in Senate

Abortion debate in Senate.
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2019 (BP) — The Senate again has rejected legislation to require health care for a child born alive during an abortion, leaving most DemocraticRead More

But as a lifelong Methodist, he said, he saw an unmistakable change in the attitudes of the delegates at the special session in St. Louis.

Bishop Will Willimon on why no plan can unite United Methodists

Will Willimon discusses UMC future.
by: Yonat Shimron Feb 26, 2019 (RNS) — Will Willimon, a prominent theologian and a retired bishop of the United Methodist Church’s North Alabama Conference, has some choice words forRead More

But even she was shocked by the persistence of Catholic bias...

In fight over Protestant-only foster agency, lawsuit asks: Who is a Christian

Miracle Hill faces lawsuit over foster care policy.
by: Yonat Shimron, Feb 25, 2019 (RNS) — Growing up in the South, Aimee Maddonna was aware of its jaundiced views of Catholics. But even she was shocked by theRead More