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Wespath Benefits and Investments (formerly known as General Board of Pension and Health Benefits) is an American non-profit pension agency affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Wespath supervises and administers retirement plans, investment funds, health and welfare benefit plans for active and retired clergy and lay employees of the Church.
109. Official website. umc.org. The United Methodist Church ( UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [1] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism. The present denomination was founded in 1968 in Dallas, Texas ...
Formally, The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church—the policy document that governs all UMC congregations—does not allow “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” to be ordained or ...
African Methodist Episcopal Church. The African Methodist Episcopal Church unanimously voted to forbid ministers from blessing same-sex unions in July 2004. The church leaders stated that homosexual activity "clearly contradicts [their] understanding of Scripture" and that the call of the African Methodist Episcopal Church "is to hear the voice of God in our Scriptures".
Website. uwfaith .org. United Women in Faith (formerly known as United Methodist Women) is the only official organization for women within The United Methodist Church (UMC). In 2022, United Methodist Women began doing business as United Women in Faith [1] (UWFaith). Founded in 1869, the organization now has nearly half a million members. [2]
The typical U.S. United Methodist, as with other mainline Protestant denominations, is an older white person. A 2015 Pew Research Center study found 96 percent of United Methodists are white and ...
There are 142 churches in Iowa that have left the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church over differing beliefs on same-sex marriage and ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy. Eighty-three ...
t. e. Discipleship Ministries, formerly known as the General Board of Discipleship (GBOD), is one of 13 international agencies, boards and commissions of The United Methodist Church. GBOD was established by the 1972 United Methodist General Conference, and in March 2015, officially changed its name. Discipleship Ministries was given the primary ...