What gets me is there is an alternative - the Anglican Church in North America. Very orthodox, supported by the Bible-believing churches in the Global South, and ultimately born of the ECLA heresies. All this without the issues with Roman Catholicism that caused the split in the first place.
I left the UMC and am now an Anglican.
Best thing I have ever done. My church is a wonderful group of Bible believing folks. Our pastor preached the most amazing sermon yesterday - calling out Obama and dependence on government rather that God and the DOD putting evangelicals on watch lists. I have never in my life heard a pastor speak to the political issues of the day like that from the pulpit.