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Some have celebrated the decisions, while others have stressed to their conferences the limits of the decisions, including that they don’t require clergy to officiate at same-sex weddings.
Recalling the people who nurtured and encouraged his faith, United Methodism’s first Native American bishop said, “My friends, we have much more in common than not.”
General Conference approved a plan to add two more bishops to where the church is growing. But a number of delegates expressed frustration that the number wasn’t five.
