Meredith Hackler joined WRTV as a Multi-Media Journalist and Reporter in February of 2022.
INDIANAPOLIS — The United Methodist Church has decided to let clergy and pastors perform same-sex marriages, while also allowing people who identify as part of the LGBTQ community to serve as ministers.
"Many happy tears that day and sometimes they still show up. an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the work of the delegation,” Turner said. He says they had to pay $46,000 to disaffiliate. He took a vote of his members so they could make the decision on if they want to no longer be part of the UMC.
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