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This year alone, 5,505 churches disaffiliated from the UMC, a 174% increase to total disaffiliations in the previous four years combined. Regional conferences fought at least 17 legal battles this ...
Aside from outstanding questions about churches outside the U.S., this latest decision cements the ongoing trajectories for the UMC and its more conservative counterpart, the Global Methodist Church.
In the Western Conference, which covers the other half of North Carolina, 41 churches have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church since 2019, and 16 more have begun the process. ...
Stair said a number of local churches have disaffiliated with the Methodist Church over the past year with Hoey United Methodist the first to do so quickly followed by Lafayette Street a few ...
The provision may have been written broadly enough to allow more liberal congregations to leave the UMC because “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” could not officially be ordained or married ...
Some regions have seen large numbers of disaffiliations, such as the Southeast (8.1%) and South Central (14.1%), particularly Texas, where 525 churches have disaffiliated, according to a review of ...
Leading up to this year, a total of 55 churches disaffiliated from the conference with seven leaving in 2019, 11 in 2020, 23 in 2021 and 14 in 2022. ... The issues for the United Methodist Church ...
A special provision of the United Methodist Church's Book of Discipline ends on Dec. 31, 2023. Take a look at how Oklahoma compared in exits, court