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A new ruling by the largely Nashville-based denomination’s highest court, the UMC Judicial Council, closed the only remaining pathway for church exits following another key policy’s conclusion ...
5,505 disaffiliations, 17 legal battles and new alternative Methodist groups. Why 2023 was so dramatic for the United Methodist Church's splintering. The most consequential year in UMC split ...
The round of disaffiliation becomes official on Dec. 31. ... This is the latest in the nationwide split of the church, which has been described by some as the largest denominational schism in the ...
This new Methodist tent, while still smaller than the UMC, is quickly growing. It already boasts more than 2,000 congregations and plans to hold its first General Conference in the fall of 2024.
NEW PHILADELPHIA – For decades, the Rev. Harley Wheeler has been fighting to make renewal a clear focus in the United Methodist Church. He believes orthodox Christianity is life-affirming ...
This organization is the United Methodist Church's face in the ecumenical community developing relationships with other church bodies and is diligently seeking relationships with other faith bodies such as Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish communities to manifest the unity God has already given and for which Christ prayed (John 17:20-21).
Mark Hipps-Figgs offers a prayer request during a service of Elizabeth Street United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Durham, N.C. Mark and Maxie Hipps-Figgs were the first gay couple ...
Third and final report on UMC disaffiliations looks at the geography of the denomination's current splintering and its parallels to 1844 schism.