The Rev. Jerry Kulah, of Liberia, leads a prayer outside the Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 2, 2024, at a gathering of African delegates where he decried a vote by the General Conference of the United Methodist Church that replaced its definition of marriage with one that doesn't limit marriage to a heterosexual couple. He said the denomination is contradicting the Bible's teaching. (AP Photo/Peter Smith)