Conservative United Methodists say divide over sexuality is ‘irreconcilable’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) Will the United Methodist Church soon have to drop the “United” part of its name? A group of 80 pastors is suggesting that the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination is facing an imminent split because of an inability to resolve long-standing theological disputes about sexuality and church doctrine. But more than lamenting the current divisions, the…