United Methodists

“There will be yet another explosion next May, when United Methodism’s governing General Conference meets for the first time since 2019. With so many traditionalists gone, the convention will likely delete its current bans on same-sex rites and sex outside of male-female marriage.” - World

“while most of those churches have followed the disaffiliation plan outlined by the United Methodist Church’s General Conference, other congregations and annual conferences have tried different ways to leave” - RNS

“It didn’t work, he said, because some church leaders and regional conferences have taken action to oppose the denomination’s official stance barring LGBT members from ordination and marriage.” - CToday

“An analysis of departing churches suggests the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination will be weakened, but it is unlikely to break.” - RNS

“The regional body is alleging the spread of ‘defamatory’ misinformation about the UMC and its disaffiliation procedure.” - RNS

An in depth look at UMC and the collection of essays, The Next Methodism: Theological, Social, and Missional Foundations for Global Methodism. - Acton

“In the meantime, the denomination — one of the largest in the United States — has begun to splinter, with some churches choosing to leave the United Methodist Church for the Global Methodist Church or to become independent.” - RNS

“The caucus is asking Congress to approve several bills replacing the federal holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day.” - RNS

“Unlike most mainline denominations, United Methodism has never officially liberalized its teachings on sexuality and instead strengthened them at its last governing General Conference in 2019….So why would American United Methodist traditionalists now leave for the newly created Global Methodist Church?” - TGC

“The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.” - RNS