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Third and final report on UMC disaffiliations looks at the geography of the denomination's current splintering and its parallels to 1844 schism.
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 United Methodist Church Split, Explained. Norman Hubbard. January 2, 2024 at 2:43 AM ... The number of churches headed for the exit increased from just 10 churches in 2019 to 5,643 in 2023.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church , was a leader in evangelicalism .
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The conference is led by Bishop David A. Bard, who was appointed in 2016. On June 10, 2015 it was announced that the voting members at the 2015 West Michigan Annual Conference had voted in favor of joining with the Detroit Annual Conference to create a "New Michigan Area Conference." Pas
The United Methodist Church’s governing body in 2019 voted to allow churches to leave the denomination if they’re seeking to leave because of differences in theology related to sexuality.
In 2023, a few congregations of the United Methodist Church left that denomination to join the Congregational Methodist Church due to a polarization that occurred between traditionalist Methodist clerics and those with progressive tendencies. [5] [6] [7] In 2024 they were followed by numerous others.