As predicted, the denomination has again postponed the annual conference that likely would have split the denomination. It is scheduled now for 2024, the normal general conference schedule, so those delegates that likely would have voted to split the denomination will likely be replaced with a new slate more amenable to the compromised leadership.
Recognizing the bad faith involved in this wile of the hierarchy, the major conservative groups have decided to go ahead with the new denomination, The Global Methodist Church, which will launch on 1 May.
Global Methodist Church Sets Official Launch Date - Making Disciples of Jesus | The Global Methodist Church
https://globalmethodist.org/global-methodist-church-sets-official-launch-date/
Thanks for the link, xzins! The website is good, and thankfully includes all the founding history and Wesley’s principles. There have been so many departures from them!
I wish the new group well. The opening letter is distressingly full of churchy language that is overwrought and sometimes divisive, in my opinion. Who announces their humility, and does so in the first sentence? I hope for a soul-cleansing of the pretentiousness and elitism that has infected many in the clergy class (you personally not included), and not just in the UMC—the ECUSA’s and ELCA’s humble-bragging and liturgical dramatics drive me nuts as well!
One thing I love in my present church is a frequent recitation of various statements from our Small Catechism, often accompanied by some commentary from the pulpit. I think it would benefit true Methodist church to focus on the simple principles and inculcate them often.