[Mo1]

He told me that this could be the end, if the Pennsylvania conference doesn’t defrock her immediately or the Council of Bishops doesn’t act soon this will split the church.

IMO .. that is what some want to happen

Also IMO .. it is very sad that they may achieve their goal

[tricky_k_1972]

I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing at all, as one of the more conservative bishops has stated, right now we are hurting each other and we will continue to hurt each other unless we split.

The conservative churches are the larger portion of the UM Church and if we split we will take most of it with us. More importantly they will no longer be able to promote their policies in the name of all of us.

I think there is also a very good chance that once the split happens they will ultimately fail as a religion. They simply do not have the funds to operate as a separate body.