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Article: METHODISTS GRAPPLE WITH REQUEST FOR TOLERANCE TOPIC OF GAY RIGHTS DIVIDES DELEGATES DURING BATTLE THIS WEEK FOR SOUL OF CHURCH.(Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- April 21, 1996
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Byline: Jean Torkelson Rocky Mountain News Religion Writer
Will Denver join Aldersgate as a landmark in United Methodist history?
The church's 998 voting delegates may wonder as they head Monday into the second week of their worldwide convention.
London's Aldersgate Street is revered as the spot where founder John Wesley was converted.
Denver may be remembered as the city where Wesley's church of 9.7 million members began redefining its mission to the world.
When 15 bishops came out Thursday in favor of gay rights - an unprecedented declaration - both liberals and conservatives saw it as a trumpet call of change.
The ...