What percentage are leaving?
Nationwide it appears to be around 11%.
In my locale (Susquehanna Conference) that holds true but my immediate MAGA Trump aka “flyover country” it is more than 30%.
Nationwide it appears to be around 11%.
It distorts the picture quite a bit to consider merely a count of congregations. What is the head count?
The ones disaffiliating and leaving are overwhelmingly the much larger, growing, vibrant congregations, usually pastored by a man, and adhering to the traditional values (conservative) of the historical Methodist Church. Those remaining are likely dying on the vine because they have no root in sound theology.
No doubt there will be a lot of shuffling of members when the dust clears, but it will be a separation of the wheat and chaff.
Our church won’t allow a vote because they know the outcome. I heard that another church was planning to vote and the votes cast were overwhelmingly (90%) for disaffiliation but some members strategically stayed home as to deny the quorum so it was scheduled for another try.
This effing scumbags would rather keep their fellow congregants in a church that they don’t want to be in and force them to pray to homos than allow them to go their own way. The UMC will have plenty of empty buildings and will soon merge with the Unitarians.
Someone please tell me who the fascists are and what we have in common with them. Where is the common ground?
In my conference it appears to be a majority of churches leaving the denomination. The process is just beginning and it will become more difficult as the administration throws up greater roadblocks. The outlook is clear. Disunity within the church goes far beyond the ordination of sexual deviants. The theology that brought this travesty into practice, and the totalitarian authority of the Bishops without compassion is central to the conflict.
It ain’t over yet.