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Renee K. Gadoua
Renee K. Gadoua writes for Religion News Service.
Upstate New York camp was only US safe haven during Holocaust
Suzanne Krauthamer Gurwitz remembers little about the 18 months she spent at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Center in Oswego, New York....
August 22, 2019
Brazil, Peru churches end partnerships with PCUSA over same-sex marriage
Presbyterian churches in Brazil and Peru have broken ties with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a result of the U.S....
September 24, 2015
One nun's secret ministry to transgender people
c. 2015 Religion News Service
(RNS) Sister Monica lives alone in a small house at the edge of a Roman Catholic college run by a community of nuns....
August 13, 2015
Gay civil rights activist, MLK mentor Bayard Rustin to be honored
c. 2015 Religion News Service...
July 2, 2015
Steve Heiss, Methodist pastor, won't face trial for officiating weddings: People
An upstate New York bishop has dismissed a 2013 complaint that accused Steve Heiss, a retired United Methodist pastor, of breaking church law by officiating at several same-sex weddings, including ...
July 1, 2015
United Methodist conferences petition denomination on behalf of LGBT rights
c. 2015 Religion News Service...
June 18, 2015
In Thomas Merton, faith leaders see a model for racial justice
c. 2015 Religion News Service...
May 20, 2015
Nuns to pope: Revoke 15th-century doctrine that allows Christians to seize native land
c. 2014 Religion News Service...
September 9, 2014
United Methodist pastor reinstated on appeal
In a surprising reversal, a Pennsylvania pastor who was defrocked last year after he officiated at his son’s same-sex wedding has been reinstated....
June 24, 2014
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United Methodist bishop may face trial for presiding at gay wedding
c. 2014 Religion News Service...
March 13, 2014
Bishop drops case on gay marriage
United Methodist bishop Martin D. McLee of New York announced he is dropping the case against a retired seminary dean who officiated at his gay son’s wedding....
March 10, 2014
United Methodists postpone Thomas Ogletree’s church trial
c. 2014 Religion News Service...
February 11, 2014
Rift grows for United Methodists
A deep divide within the United Methodist Church over how to minister to gays and lesbians has led a Washington, D.C., pastor to suggest the denomination should not wait until its 2016 General Conf...
January 2, 2014
Frank Schaefer defrocked by United Methodist officials
c. 2013 Religion News Service...
December 19, 2013
Church trial shines spotlight on denomination’s ambivalence
c. 2013 Religion News Service...
November 20, 2013