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United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, fracturing the nation’s third-largest denomination

The split is “a resolution that’s going to free the Methodist church to share love unconditionally with all people,” said Andrew Ponder Williams

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Reeling from contentious LGBT vote, some Methodists pledge to fight while others mull leaving

"We’ve had the schism. We just don’t know what’s next,” said Andrew Ponder Williams..

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Commentary by Andrew

The church is us -- people with a story of courage and fulfillment in living out our lives as God created us to. People who have experienced miracles and moments we can’t explain in the midst of trying times and the fear that we won’t be safe or accepted. People who love their neighbors and want to help them.

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Three Realities Facing United Methodism

This commentary originally was featured by the United Methodist News Service. https://www.umnews.org/en/news/commentary-3-realities-facing-gc2019 The holidays are now past and those who were able to celebrate the season with family likely sat around dinner tables with people who have very different feelings about many of the major topics of our time. In February our United Methodist family will gather around the table. The best way to describe our global church is as a family