., who is married to another woman, was rejected for commissioning as a deacon in the church's Baltimore-Washington Conference. . 'It's frustrating to know that so many other people have left the United Methodist Church to put their good talents to use in other denominations,'..…

One American, Shawn McKnight, of Jefferson City, called the summit a moment for the global church... McKnight and Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, said Sunday in separate telephone interviews that the summit smoothed the path for U.S church to pass concrete measures when all..…