They are ok. I retired, but then got asked to fill in at a church that had left the United methodist church. So, we are attending and preaching there for now while they search for a new full time pastor.
It’s refreshing not hearing about what the umc is up to when I attend a methodist church on Sunday morning. :>)
I think the umc meets in late summer to vote on splitting. I expect 3 or more offshoots to come out of that. A smart church will leave, but the process I’ve read makes it easy to do nothing and stay, but requires determined focus, voting, and planning to leave.
Will there be a way to tell (other than asking :) which direction these offshoots - that DO leave - will be taking?
Whether they will be the more conservative/Bible based church vs the more progressive UMC church? Will it be in their (new) name?