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Peck-McClain, Emily A. – Religious Education, 2021
United Methodist Church polity bars "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from ordination and prohibits same-sex wedding celebrations in their churches or by their clergy. Recently, the consequences for disobeying church polity have increased in severity and the denomination is expected to split. This paper profiles three churches who…
Descriptors: Protestants, Churches, Religious Education, Homosexuality