Churches continue to leave UMC after separation provision expires

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, January 28, 2024 A worship service at St. John’s United Methodist Church of Aiken, South Carolina, on November. 12, 2023. | Screengrab: YouTube/St. Johns UMC of Aiken Congregations within the United Methodist Church continue to leave the mainline Protestant denomination, even after an official disaffiliation process expired at … Read more

142 Mississippi churches leave UMC over homosexuality debate

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Saturday, December 09, 2023 The Called Annual Conference Session of the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church, which was held at Anderson United Methodist Church of Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. | Screengrab: YouTube/Mississippi United Methodist Conference The United Methodist Church has approved the disaffiliation of … Read more