A historic vote on June 30 at the Methodist Conference in Birmingham, UK resulted in a clear win for LGBTQ+ Methodists who have long-fought for the right to be married within the Church.
The final vote tally had 254 in favour of changing the Church’s definition of marriage to 46 votes opposing. It is expected the first Methodist Church weddings for same-sex couples will begin sometime in the fall of 2021.
Methodism is the fourth-largest Christian group in the UK with 173,000 members and over 4000 churches. Following prayerful consideration by the whole Church, the Methodist Conference today voted to confirm provisional resolutions on the principles or qualities of good relating, understanding of cohabitation and same sex marriages.
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