No, they have not.
My decision on those kind of things is that I would be straight up with the denomination and simply tell them that I am leaving.
I would not use the pulpit they gave me to attack them. I did not have to accept it.
If they lack integrity, that would be no reason that I would have to act with less than honor.
The Lord has raised us up from practically nothing once before; He can do it again.
We can preach in the highways and hedges and compel them to come in.
While God released many to go to the south, to Judah, after Idol worship was instituted in Israel, He did not release many prophets to do so. In particular, he did not send Elijah & Elisha to the south.
He said, “I have yet 7000 who have not bowed the knee to Ba’al.”
I am not yet released.
What a wonderful response and God must be very pleased to have you as one of his faithful servants. I will pray for you, your congregation, and your denomination that it, with your stand for the truth, will free the UMC from the evil that attacks it.