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Anne Burkholder

Anne Burkholder is a United Methodist minister and associate dean of Methodist Studies at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta. She is coauthor, with Tom Elliott, of A Quick and Easy Guide to United Methodist Polity.

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The United Methodist meeting offered no clear way forward. What now?

The UMC, a global church, prides itself on its democratic and decentralized polity. All this shapes its response to LGBTQ couples and clergy.

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