United Methodist pastor will face church trial for being a "self-avowed practicing homosexual."
United Methodist pastor Anna Blaedel will face a church trial for “practices declared by the United Methodist Church to be incompatible with Christian teachings, including . . . being a self-avowed practicing homosexual.”
Blaedel has faced several complaints after announcing at the 2016 Iowa Conference: “I am a self-avowed practicing homosexual.” Blaedel resigned as director of the Wesley Center at the University of Iowa last April during Holy Week.