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Deacons can now preside at sacraments 'when contextually appropriate'
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On the final day of a General Conference eight years in the making, delegates turned to setting the budget that will fund the ministries of the denomination for the next four years — one that is about 40% lower than the budget passed in 2016.
General Conference delegates approved four changes to church law that together both end remaining bans related to LGBTQ ministry and protect the rights of pastors to choose which weddings to perform or not to perform.
The United Methodist Church’s top court released five decisions and a memorandum in response to questions raised during the last two days of General Conference.
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