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UMNS Photo by Mike DuBose
Bishop David Yemba
Bishop David Yemba
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UMNS Photo by Paul Jeffrey
Divestment Urged
Members of Kairos Reponse display a banner urging divestment prior to May 1 sessions of the 2012 General Conference in Tampa. A divestment resolution was defeated at the 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore.
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Gleaning at General Conference
Ana Zele, 18, a sophomore at Florida Southern University and a member of First United Methodist Church of Bradenton (Fla.), repackages cucumbers that have been gleaned and will be distributed to local food ministries by the Society of St. Andrew. The May 1 "Produce Drop" took place outside the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. (File Photo by Kathleen Barry, UM News)
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UMNS photo by Paul Jeffrey
Guaranteed Clergy Appointment Abolished
The Rev. We Hyun Chang, a pastor in Belmont, Mass., and a delegate from the New England Annual (regional) Conference, argues to reconsider retaining guaranteed appointments for clergy, during a debate at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. The guarantee of an annual appointment for elders was eliminated by the conference on May 1.
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UMNS photo by Paul Jeffrey
Guaranteed Appointment Vote
Bishop Minerva Carcaño presides over a May 1 session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida, when a vote to reconsider abolition of guaranteed clergy appointments was defeated. The results are displayed on a screen behind her.
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UMNS Photo by Paul Jeffrey
UMC Bullying?
Advocates of changing the UMC's stances against homosexuality protest the retention of the church's 40-year-old stances.
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UMNS photo by Paul Jeffrey.
UMC Retains Anti-Gay Stances
Bishop Patrick Streiff presides over a May 1 session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida, when the results of a vote on human sexuality are displayed on the screen behind him. By the closest margin of a sexuality vote in the past 40 years, the church continued a series of restrictions based on sexual orientation.