Many of those departing UMC congregations joined the Global Methodist Church, which now claims 4,501 congregations.
United Methodists, winnowed by conservative exodus, embrace LGBTQ inclusivity
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Separately, the Global Methodist Church said Thursday it would formally begin operations May 1, with the hope that some Methodist dioceses, known as conferences, would permit amicable separations of those congregations which do not support the main body’s progressive takes on same-sex marriages and gay clergy.
United Methodists postpone divorce-setting general conference to 2024
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