My Godly Methodist grandparents (died 1955 & 1964) would be as heartbroken as Wesley. They were never comfortable about my dad changing his membership from a Methodist to a Baptist church.
Today's UMC overall would be a great disappointment to them, but I can't picture them going to another denomination. I'm sure they would try to find a local Methodist church to attend which is still doctrinally sound in it's teaching and practices even though they would thoroughly disapprove of the course the UMC has taken over the last few decades.
No, I think they'd approve of what it's done over the last 2 decades. It was the decades from about 40-70's where liberalism took over the church. You know why?
1. People sat on their hands and let "Joe" volunteer to be their representative at meetings and on committees. (Liberals love to occupy positions of influence. "Joe" was oneof those liberals.)
2. They "left" the church to show their disapproval. (Should have stayed to vote the libs out.)
The last 2 decades we've won every single vote at annual conference and have gradually been turning this thing around.
No thanks to those who "cut and run."