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FAYETTEVILLE -- Christ Church, the new Northwest Arkansas congregation led by former Central United Methodist Pastor Carness Vaughan, formally launched Sunday morning at the Fayetteville Town Center.

Christ Church, the new Northwest Arkansas congregation led by former Central United Methodist Pastor Carness Vaughan, is formally launching Sunday morning at the Fayetteville Town Center.

A meeting at the states largest United Methodist congregation to discuss breaking away from the denomination has been postponed by an Arkansas Conference official, leaving uncertain the date for a straw poll on the topic.

The Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church will decide today whether to allow 38 of its congregations to leave the denomination.

The Arkansas Conference of United Methodist Church calls a special meeting Saturday as 38 state Methodists churches request a split.

A plan that would have made it easier for theological conservatives to leave the United Methodist Church was derailed Thursday by members of the Arkansas Annual Conference, a development that surprised and disappointed many traditionalists.

HOT SPRINGS -- As Arkansas United Methodists began their annual conference Wednesday, traditionalists and progressives huddled together, trying to craft a plan to facilitate an amicable separation.

As Arkansas United Methodists began their annual conference Wednesday, traditionalists and progressives huddled together, trying to craft a plan to facilitate an amicable separation.