Aren’t they one of the ones with tons of African members, if I recall? And they keep voting it down? I bet there is generally a pretty wide divide between the Africans and US types.
Freegards
You are correct - I have thanked God for the Africans on many occasions over the last 5 years. And for Maxie Dunnam for 20 years. My conference keeps saying “ the Book of Discipline still forbids it”, but it sounds like whisting past the graveyard. There will be a full-court press both ways next year.
UMC is traditionally a mostly white denomination.