More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations -- a fifth of the U.S. total -- have now received permission to leave the denominationamid a schismover theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination. Those figures emerge following the close of regular meetings in June for the denomination's regional bodies, known as annual conferences. The departures began with a trickle in 2019 -- when the church created a four-year window of opportunity for U.S. con...
United Methodists lose a fifth of US churches in schism driven by defiance of LGBTQ bans
New York Post - 6 Jul 2023 16:53
More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations -- a fifth of the U.S. total -- have now received permission to leave the denominationamid a schismover theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination. Those figures emerge following the close of regular meetings in June for the denomination's regional bodies, known as annual conferences. The departures began with a trickle in 2019 -- when the church created a four-year window of opportunity for U.S. con...
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