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To: Ransomed

I think that’s mostly the Anglicans.


18 posted on 01/13/2016 9:20:48 AM PST by NRx (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: NRx

I don’t know, I found this:

“You ask will there be a schism? Yes. The UMC has one body that speaks for it. The General Conference which meets every presidential election year. At General Conference United Methodists from all over the globe attend. The UMC is in decline in the US, slower then our fellow mainline denominations but declining nonetheless, and that pace of decline will soon pick up as more and more of our members die off. I serve a church that worships around 300 and the average age of my congregation is around 60 and we are considered young and relatively healthy. Despite the US decline there are more United Methodists now then ever, over 12 million (7 million in the US). The church is growing everywhere else in the world. The largest religion in South Korea is United Methodism. Methodism is growing in the Philippines, Latin America, and even Eastern Europe. As great as that is it pales in comparison to Africa.

The Holy Spirit is doing an amazing thing in Africa and the United Methodist Church is reaping quite a harvest for Christ. There are some estimates that say by the time we meet again at General Conference (2016) almost 40% of the attendees will be from outside the United States with most of them coming from Africa.”

From here:

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-coming-methodist-schism/

Freegards


19 posted on 01/13/2016 9:27:44 AM PST by Ransomed
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