Lay of the Land: Getting to know gay people makes big difference

Richard Hearne

By Richard Hearne, UMR Columnist… In the roughly 30 years I have been involved in local church, annual conference, jurisdiction and General Conference activities, I have been in many contentious [...]

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Laity Address Speaker Opens Up in Press Conference

Amory Peck delivers a portion of the laity address at General Conference

“I know that people want to stop talking about this issue and I would like to stop talking about it too because I would like for all to welcomed to the church and to ordination…regardless of sexual orientation.” Amory Peck, one of the three speakers who offered the Laity address this morning, shared before a room of reporters at General Conference this morning. Though Peck did call the church to inclusivity, she did not speak to the issues of sexual orientation during her address. When asked by the United Methodist [...]

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