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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.
Formally, The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church—the policy document that governs all UMC congregations—does not allow “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” to be ordained or ...
In the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, which covers 56 counties in the eastern half of the state, churches had until Sept. 20 of this year to ask to disaffiliate if they ...
The General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns (GCCUIC) addresses the interreligious and ecumenical concerns of The United Methodist Church. The GCCUIC's office is located at The Interchurch Center in New York City. The Commission's President is Bishop Mary Ann Swenson and the General Secretary is Stephen J. Sidorak Jr.
Hope Morgan Ward (born September 18, 1951) is a bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected and consecrated to the episcopacy in 2004. She has served as the Bishop of North Carolina since 2012. Biography
The Western North Carolina Conference is an Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the western half of the state of North Carolina , with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop being located in Huntersville, North Carolina . [ 1 ]
As an alternative to disaffiliation, at least five regional U.S. conferences authorized or were interested in allowing churches to continue leaving the denomination through a church closure policy
The UMC General Conference last met in 2019 for a special session, when the international legislative body deliberated policies that affected the denomination's splintering in subsequent years.