2023年1月5日 · By the end of 2023, the United Methodist Church will be significantly less united, torn asunder by a host of issues but mostly over how to address same-sex marriage and gay clergy.

2024年4月16日 · By the end of 2023, disaffiliations amounted to more than 7,500 churches. Now, finance officials are recommending a $346.7 million budget, or a 43% reduction. So far, the measurable cost to...

2024年10月29日 · The United Methodist Church’s top court ruled that a church closure cannot be used as an alternative method of disaffiliation. The Judicial Council also struck down as unconstitutional an expansion of the church-closure law.

2024年10月30日 · The United Methodist Church’s highest court has ruled that congregations seeking to leave the denomination cannot do so via a closure provision.

2024年1月2日 · The United Methodist Church (UMC) has historically regarded itself as a “big tent” denomination. But as member churches across the United States vote to disaffiliate from the UMC, the denomination has been losing congregations by the thousands.

2023年12月18日 · As the window closes on a temporary plan allowing disaffiliations, nearly 1 out of 4 of the denomination’s 30,000 congregations decided to split over issues of sexuality and authority. This month...

2023年12月27日 · United Methodist leaders gave congregations until December 31 to decide to leave. Factions within the denominations split over disagreements in theology, namely, how the church considers LGBTQ+...

2023年7月25日 · A recent accounting by the United Methodist News Service shows that about 20% of United Methodist congregations – more than 6,000 – have left the denomination in recent years.

2023年12月15日 · A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the denomination during a five-year window, closing this month, that authorized departures for...

2023年9月9日 · The deal says after two-thirds of a local church agrees to leave, it must uphold significant financial obligations to the United Methodist Church, including money for fees and pensions.