The United Methodist Church will hold a special session of its General Conference to settle questions of LGBTQ inclusion that have vexed the global denomination for years.
The announcement came Tuesday, the same day the denomination's highest court held a hearing on whether an openly gay pastor can serve as bishop.
The General Conference, the United Methodist Church's top legislative body, typically meets every four years. At last year's meeting in Portland, Oregon, it voted to defer all decisions about human sexuality to a specially appointed commission and left the door open for a special session.
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