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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.
While more than 2,000 United Methodist congregations across the country have been given permission to leave the denomination, three in Arkansas were denied a similar opportunity last month despite voting overwhelmingly to depart.
While more than 2,000 United Methodist congregations across the country have been given permission to leave the denomination, three in Arkansas were denied a similar opportunity last month despite voting overwhelmingly to depart.
Members of the Arkansas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Saturday to ratify disaffiliation agreements from 35 of its congregations -- including one in Texarkana -- clearing the way for them to break away from the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination.
Members of the Arkansas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Saturday to ratify disaffiliation agreements from 35 of its congregations, clearing the way for them to break away from the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination.
With their congregation voting to break away, hundreds of denominational loyalists who attend Jonesboro First United Methodist Church are weighing whether to side with the majority or find a new house of worship.
The United Methodist Church in the United States is increasingly polarized and people on the extreme ends of the spectrum are moving away from long-held Christian beliefs, Bishop Gary Mueller warned Monday.