Irene Elizabeth (Beth) Stroud is a United Methodist pastor, ordained in 1997, whose credentials as an ordained minister were revoked because she is in a committed relationship with another woman. The United Methodist Book of Discipline prohibits "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being appointed as pastors. She had been an associate pastor at First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG), in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she still serves as a lay leader. The congregation of FUMCOG, as well as many other United Methodists, disagree with the United Methodist Church's position and support Beth Stroud.