I see Duke Divinity is following the "right side of history." Not a huge surprise.
The progressive western wing of the United Methodist Church unofficially split off a couple of years ago, but is effectively still under the UMC umbrella. Wiki entry on "Liberation Methodist Connexion":
At the 2019 special session of the United Methodist Church General Conference, delegates voted 438-384 in favor of a Traditional Plan that would reaffirm the language in the UMC's Book of Discipline banning the ordination of LGBT clergy members and preventing clergy from performing same-sex marriages. Several progressives within the UMC began proposing a new denomination in response to this decision. Members of this progressive coalition referred to themselves as the "Liberationists" and discussed the possibility of a new denomination in the months following the General Conference.
In January 2020, the UMC proposed the "Protocol of Grace and Separation" that would allow churches with traditional views towards LGBT issues to form a new Methodist denomination and provide the "post-separation" UMC to rescind the Traditional Plan. A vote on the Protocol, set for the May 2020 General Conference, was postponed until 2022.
Members of the "Liberationist" coalition opted to advance their plan to form a new denomination rather than wait for the UMC to settle its stance on LGBT issues. The Liberation Methodist Connexion was formally announced on November 29, 2020. In December 2021, the organization published a press release detailing initial struggles within the LMX and outlining the denomination's statement of values and mission statement.
Who'd a thunk the college professors would encourage the pro-alphabet soup theology?
I see Duke Divinity is following the "right side of history." Not a huge surprise. The progressive western wing of the United Methodist Church unofficially split off a couple of years ago, but is effectively still under the UMC umbrella.
Wiki entry on "Liberation Methodist Connexion":
Who'd a thunk the college professors would encourage the pro-alphabet soup theology?
IIRC it was primarily the African countries that blocked accepting the letter people.
Thank God for North Katanga.