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A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the denomination during a five-year window, closing this month, that authorized departures for congrega...
Statewide, 43 Methodist churches chose to disaffiliate from the larger church this year, according to Lisa Wink, director of communications for the UMC’s Wisconsin Conference.
United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ persons
A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the denomination during a five-year window, closing this month, that authorized departures for congregations over disputes involving the church’s LGBTQ-related policies. This year alone, 5,641 congregations received permission from their regional conferences to leave the denomination as of Thursday, according […]
The split, over acceptance of LGBTQ members, has caused a quarter of churches under the UMC to leave, splitting into the Global Methodist Church.