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Perhaps, if you are a member of a church affiliated with the U.M denomination, you could work within that structure by organizing "laymen" (I really don't like the term "laymen"). And I would recommend that you choose as leaders among you those "laymen" who are recognized as avid Bible students, and able to readily discuss the issues, with your "clergy" (I don't like that word either) in the denominational leadership, from the Scripture. Do the local churches within the UM denomination send "lay" representatives to the conferences? Do these "lay" representatives have any particular qualifications that would place them more-or-less on par with the "clergymen" there (I mean for church leadership purposes)?