The Global Methodist Church, a new denomination of theologically conservative Methodists, will officially launch on May 1, a move that was expected for some time in the fight over full inclusion of the LGBTQ community. The issue of full inclusion has been brewing in the United Methodist Church for decades. In 2019, the denomination upheld and strengthened prohibitions against the ordination of non-celibate LGBTQ clergy and performing same-sex marriages. Conservatives, though, fear the denomination, the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States, could eventually swing more tow…