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In the latest wave of departures from the United Methodist Church, the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church voted last week to approve the disaffiliation of another 46 churches.
Earlier this year, the seven United Methodist churches in Amarillo, Texas, voted to leave the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination over issues of homosexuality and gender identity.
The stories that had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of June, presented in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1.
But Non-Denoms and Anglicans Are On The Rise
MinistryWatch President Warren Smith comments on one or more stories in the week’s news, adding an additional perspective or, sometimes, a behind-the-scenes look at how the story came to be.
A deep dive into the trajectory of nine denominations.
Five traditions are down by at least 30%. The ELCA is down 41%. The United Church of Christ is less than half the size it was in the late 1980s. The United Methodists are already ...
More than 90% of clergy members in attendance at the Conference’s annual meeting voted in favor of the move
The Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church has approved allowing openly gay clergy members to serve in its churches.
The Seattle megachurch’s move to disaffiliate from the denomination comes as the ECC was prepared to vote this summer on expelling Quest and Awaken Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, over the churches' stance on sexuality.
Quest Church, an influential Seattle megachurch, is leaving its denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, over its differences with the ECC on sexuality and LGBTQ issues.
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of May.
Most plan to join the new Global Methodist Church
Another large contingency of church congregations is exiting the United Methodist Church (UMC) denomination—this time in Iowa.
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