![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Members of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe hold placards while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f18336f3e403455291722b1920c0bf29/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Members of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe hold placards while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Members of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe hold placards while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e914253a3a4d49a4b1adaa52727a7ab7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Members of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe hold placards while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A member the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe displays a placard while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cfe544d6d0e045a18a17d39a97c6e45d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A member the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe displays a placard while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A member the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe holds a bible while protesting at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f8baaa2521ee43c2b0bbe39966150455/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A member the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe holds a bible while protesting at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
![Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi A member of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe holds a placard while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5b38cab1c4cf4ce4b1fe4b1dfac8569d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A member of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe holds a placard while holding a protest at the church premises in Harare, Thursday, May 30, 2024. The protests denouncing homosexuality and the departure of the church from the scriptures and doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)