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The UMC are not apostate. Xzins has corrected me in the past for that wrong perception. From what I understand, they are still fighting with the liberals in their church. As conservatives — whether Catholic or Methodist or Baptist — we need to support the fellow conservatives in the UMC and not dump them in the same group as the liberals in their denomination....

....my drawing line is support of abortion -- anyone who openly supports this can't be Christian. Yes, that's an absolute. If someone says that they don't want to comment, but won't support abortion, just not do anything, that's still bad, still bad Christian, but not as awful as one who would support killing of babies just to control the population

Our belief in the sanctity of unborn human life makes us reluctant to approve abortion. But we are equally bound to respect the sacredness of the life and well-being of the mother, for whom devastating damage may result from an unacceptable pregnancy. In continuity with past Christian teaching, we recognize tragic conflicts of life with life that may justify abortion, and in such cases we support the legal option of abortion under proper medical procedures. We cannot affirm abortion as an acceptable means of birth control, and we unconditionally reject it as a means of gender selection.
-- The United Methodist Church's official statement on "Social Principles - Abortion

You can read the history of this changing statement at First Things. Meanwhile, the OPC's official position on abortion is found in their 38th and 39th General Assemblies. That position is summarized as follows:

Abortion. The 1971 Assembly—two years before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court—denounced the practice of voluntary abortion except possibly for the purpose of saving the mother's life.

It would be appreciated if you would support conservatives in the OPC, EPC, PCA, and other Presbyterian denominations, and not dump them in the same group as the liberals in the PC(USA).