With the ongoing debate within the United Methodist Church (UMC) over its problematic “Position on Homosexuality“, and the recent news that an anti-equality marriage amendment will be on the ballot in Minnesota in 2012, Rev. Bruce Robbins decided to speak out.   Robbins is pastor of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis.  Hennepin belongs [...]

With about 8 million members in the United States and 3.5 million more in Africa, Asia and Europe, the United Methodist Church is the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Like many denominations, UMC continues to experience painful internal conflict with respect to its treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members [...]