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Asbury Theological Seminary Cut by United Methodist Church over Same-Sex Marriage Issue

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By Adelle M. Banks Verified
| The Aquila Report Verified
The denomination’s social principles were revised during its quadrennial 2024 General Conference, when delegates voted to remove from the UMC’s rule book a statement added in 1972 that called homosexuality “incompatible with Christian teaching.” (RNS)—Asbury Theological Seminary, a 103-year-old Kentucky evangelical seminary, is no longer approved as a school for United Methodist candidates for ordained ministry, the school announced Thursday (June 25).
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United Methodist Church Cuts Asbury Theological Seminary

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By Adelle M. Banks Verified
| MinistryWatch
(RNS) — Asbury Theological Seminary, a 103-year-old Kentucky evangelical seminary, is no longer approved as a school for United Methodist candidates for ordained ministry, the school announced Thursday (June 25). It attributed its removal by the United Methodist Church’s university accrediting body to the school’s objections to a new version of the denomination’s social principles that affirms LGBTQ lifestyles.
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Southern Baptists’ resolutions reflect support of Christian nationalism, scholar says

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By Adelle M. Banks Verified
| Religion News Service Verified
(RNS) — Earlier this month, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted resolutions opposing amnesty for undocumented immigrants and women in pastoral leadership roles. The latest resolutions follow a decades-long trend toward conservatism. A new analysis by Boston University sociologist Nancy Ammerman found that Christian nationalist ideas have become the “lingua franca” of the denomination.
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