[Texan]

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?

The proposed agreement is that the liberal wing of the Methodist will retain the name "The United Methodist Church". The Wesley Covenant Association is well into planning and organizing the structure of the new conservative/Biblical denomination as yet unnamed.

The "United Methodist Church" name is VERY important to the large conservative, orthodox African Methodist and they are demanding to keep it. So that must to be resolved before the actual split occurs.

[Jane Long]

Thanks.

Quite the fight....for the name and for independence.