The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Saturday to accept the decision of 261 congregations (of its nearly 700 churches) to leave the denomination after the church strengthened its bans on partnered LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage in 2019. From CNN:
As of early August 2023, over 6,000 congregations of just over 30,000 in the United States have been approved for disaffiliation since 2019, according to the UMC’s website.
As of early August 2023, over 6,000 congregations of just over 30,000 in the United States have been approved for disaffiliation since 2019
In recent decades, several of the traditional mainline Protestant denominations have split up over homosexuality or related issues, including the American Baptist Churches USA, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Presbyterian Church USA.
Those congregations choosing to leave will not be allowed to use the name “United Methodist Church.” Read more at CNN. https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1726305027701027021 (lead photo: Donya Nedomam/Depositphotos)
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