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doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers.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)
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doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers.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)
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doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers.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)
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doctrine, come barely a month after the United Methodist Church Worldwide General Conference held in North Carolina, US repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practising homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers.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)
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)