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Trussville First, Helena, Gardendale-Mt. Vernon and The Gathering Place in Moody are among those leaving.

The Pacific Northwest has a much lower rate of disaffiliations than other parts of the country.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (RNS) — White’s Chapel plans to invite others to join the Methodist Collegiate Church once its disaffiliation is approved by Central Texas United Methodists next month. 

(RNS) — The United Methodist Church is turning its attention to taking care of those who want to remain and rebuilding and fortifying its ranks.

192 of the 956 churches in the Western NC Conference have requested to leave.

Watson Memorial United Methodist Church will have its final service on June 4 as the congregation recently voted to close its doors for good.

Hundreds more United Methodist churches in Alabama and on Florida's Gulf Coast will disaffiliate in May.

As the United Methodist Church goes through an increasingly bitter, slow-motion divorce, it offers an important cautionary tale for the rest of the body of Christ. 

"In this time we have the potential and possibility to write a new chapter, to give us a fresh new start, to set us on a renewed and revived path of faithfulness."

The breakup of the United Methodist Church has now officially come to East Tennessee.