In February, the Special General Conference of the United Methodist Denomination was held in St. Louis, MO. Over 840 delegates, an equal combination of elected pastor and lay delegates, traveled from around the world to try and decide a "Way Forward" for our denomination over the issue of ordaining members of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bi, trans and questioning) community as well as allowing clergy to perform same-sex weddings in their local churches. Since 1972, language res