[Albion Wilde]

On a related note: Cobb’s Mt. Bethel agrees to pay $13.1 million to leave United Methodist Church

Here's the really sad part of the article:

Late Thursday afternoon, the member churches voted to ratify the decisions of 70 churches in North Georgia that will be leaving the UMC. (Mt. Bethel is not one of the 70, since its split from the UMC is being negotiated in court.) Conference spokesperson Sybil Davidson said the 70 churches alone make up approximately 9% of churches in the conference, and about 3% of members.

I'm glad they're leaving. I'm appalled it's onlly 3% of congregation members in the N. GA conference.

[Cecily]

Most UMC congregations anywhere have probably been or trended liberal for a long time. The conservative congregations are likely a minority.