Published 28 August 2024, reporting from the African Methodist Episcopal Church's 52nd Quadrennial Session in Columbus, Ohio. States delegates voted 896 to 722 to delete a bill that would have removed the ban on same-sex marriage from the denomination's Book of Discipline, quoting the Discipline directly: the AME Church believes that unions of any kind between persons of the same sex or gender are contrary to the will of God. States the Sexual Ethics Discernment Committee, which had recommended repealing the ban, was authorised to continue its work and report to the next General Conference.
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PublisherWord&Way
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://wordandway.org/2024/08/28/ame-church-delegates-name-six-new-bishops-while-retaining-same-sex-marriage-ban/
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