Progressive United Methodists announce new denomination: Liberation Methodist Connexion

“ ‘The timeline of the Holy Spirt is driving our decision to launch LMX at this moment, and we are responding to that call,’ the Rev. Althea Spencer-Miller said during a presentation Sunday evening following the denomination’s first online worship service.” - RNS

Discussion

To be honest, I expected the progressives to win and force the evangelicals and conservatives out. The reason is that attendance and contributions are heavily weighted on that side, and progressives are at the very least smart enough to see where their bread is buttered. I believe I was wrong in this, and this could be really good news for the UMC—it is at least incrementally a move to purify the UMC from those who clearly do not believe.

Time will tell, but wow.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.