In the vicinity of Kokomo, Indiana, several former United Methodist churches are now “community churches” or members of the Global Methodists. We recently read of a number of Florida churches leaving the denomination.
So are these done? What percentage do current United Methodists retain compared to what they had a few years ago? Do you have an idea/projection as to where this is all going.
Some nondenominational fellowships were hoping to pick up some of these churches and add them to their group, but the longstanding Methodist tradition of ordaining woman has generally negated such hopes. Are the more conservative formerly UM churches still too liberal for many of us? Comment freely.