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Women quest to remove father, a pedophile, from church wall

By TIM FUNK - Associated Press

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a news conference at the Moakley Federal Building in Boston, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

Jeff Sessions complaint dismissed by United Methodist Church leaders

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens as he is introduced to speak at the National Sheriffs' Association convention in New Orleans, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Jeff Sessions’ church members, over 600, sign formal complaint against him

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017, photo, Bishop Karen Oliveto poses for a photo in the sanctuary of a United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The top court in the United Methodist Church on Tuesday, April 25, will consider whether the election of Oliveto, the first openly lesbian Methodist bishop, violated church law barring clergy who are ``self-avowed practicing homosexuals.’’ (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Methodist court takes up challenge to election of gay bishop

By RACHEL ZOLL - Associated Press

Rev. Val Rosenquist, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Charlotte, N.C. Photo via the church website, [http://www.charlottefirst.org/val-rosenquist/] accessed on Sept. 7, 2016.

Val Rosenquist, Methodist pastor, to keep job despite performing same-sex wedding

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A metal plaque with a portrait of German priest Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the St. Matthaeus Church in Berlin, photographed on Saturday Feb. 4, 2006. The plaque by artist Johannes Gruetzke reminds the ordination of Bonhoeffer at the church on Nov. 15, 1931. Bonhoeffer, born 100 years ago on Feb. 4, 1906 was killed by the Nazis on April 9, 1945 at the concentration camp Flossenbuerg. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

W. SCOTT LAMB: Religion headlines worth 5 minutes of your Wednesday

By W. Scott Lamb

At Houston's Lakewood Church, where an estimated 46,000 people attend weekly, most congregants are Anglos coming to hear Pastor Joel Osteen. The church also draws 10,000 Hispanics to Iglesia Lakewood, its Spanish-language congregation. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

RELIGION IMMIGRATION: Immigration, integration help churches, mosques see future

By Mark A. Kellner - Deseret News

The Rev. Frank Schaefer, who presided over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony, called a Methodist judicial council's decision to uphold his appeal for reinstatement "a small but significant step" toward equality for all within the United Methodist Church. (Associated Press)

Methodist panel upholds reinstatement of The Rev. Frank Schaefer

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, right, hugs the Rev. David Wesley Brown after a news conference Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia. Schaefer, who presided over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony and vowed to perform other gay marriages if asked, can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a decision to defrock him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Methodist pastor defrocked over gay wedding gets Judicial Council scrutiny

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, right, hugs the Rev. David Wesley Brown after a news conference Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia. Schaefer, who presided over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony and vowed to perform other gay marriages if asked, can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a decision to defrock him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pastor who performed son’s gay wedding is reinstated

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, Frank Schaefer, a United Methodist Church pastor who was defrocked for officiating his son Tim's wedding to another man, arrives for a Methodist judicial panel appeal hearing on his defrocking in Linthicum, Md. A nine-person church appeals panel on Tuesday, June 14, 2014, overturned the church's decision to defrock Schaefer, who was pastor of Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

Methodist Church refrocks pastor who conducted gay wedding

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Same sex celebrant Rodger Munson, center, watches Chris Teoh, left, put a wedding ring on Ivan Hinton's finger as they take their vows during a ceremony at Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Methodists OK same-sex benefits for employees

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Methodist Bishop Clifton Ives, presiding Elder of the Court, speaks during a news conference following the announcement that a case against Rev. Thomas Ogletree for breaking church law by officiating his son's same-sex marriage had been dropped, Monday, March 10, 2014, in White Plains, N.Y. The decision is considered a victory for Methodists who have defied church law and organized ministry to all couples. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

United Methodist Church to grant benefits to employees in same-sex marriages

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Ruling could pave way for sale of riverfront land

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Historians try to save century-old Kaycee church

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Methodist bishop cited for gay wedding in Alabama

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS MARCH 1-2 - In this Feb. 12, 2014 photo, a crew from Barton's Painting, in Seward, sprays finish on trusses in the sanctuary of the United Methodist Church in Friend, Neb. A piece of Friend's religious history nearly vanished the morning of Dec. 4, 2012. A candle left burning overnight started a fire in the sanctuary, and by the time firefighters arrived, smoke was pouring out of the church's three east windows that already had been cracked by the intense heat. (AP Photo/The Journal-Star, Eric Gregory) LOCAL TV OUT; KOLN-TV OUT; KGIN-TV OUT; KLKN-TV OUT

E. Neb. church’s restoration near completion

By ALGIS J. LAUKAITIS - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, FEB. 10, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, former United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer speaks with reporters after a news conference at First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia. United Methodist church officials have defrocked Schaefer, who officiated his son's gay wedding in Massachusetts. The dispute among United Methodists over recognition of same-sex couples has lapsed into a doctrinal donnybrook, pitting clergy who are presiding at gay weddings in defiance of church law against proponents of traditional marriage who are trying to stop them. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Methodists in crisis over gay marriage, church law

By RACHEL ZOLL - Associated Press

CORRECTS SLUG TO HUNGER-FREE ZIP CODE - ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 9 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 10, 2014 photo, Brian Ruberry, who is part of the hunger ministry of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, prepares to deliver food to those in need, in Kensington, Md. The church recently joined Bethesda Help to deliver food to people in need in order to help make Kensington a hunger-free zone. (AP Photo/The Washington Post), Jahi Chikwendiu) WIRES OUT MAGS OUT TV OUT NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON TIMES OUT NO TRADES NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT

Food delivery program aims to help more families

By VICTORIA St. MARTIN - Associated Press