UMC pastor suspended after Arkansas Conference rejects second disaffiliation vote
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...apparently so....
629 people can and should set up their own congregation. The main body is going to find that facility expensive without donations,
...several Methodist churches here are moving in that direction...
...I believe this is an effort by the UMC hierarchy to eliminate the smaller churches with "older" denominations out so they will not have to be subsidized by the mother church....
Sigh. I was in a congregation that was supported by the larger church for years, but we only had about 30 attending members. When there were 200 it had been quite self-sufficient. Six hundred would have been a dream. Perhaps their rolls are overstated. However, assuming their building(s) could hold that many, that is a lot of space to maintain, and specialized, the larger church could have quite a white elephant on their hands.
...woke economics....
They rent out their buildings to any denomination that pays them. Their base congregation is small.
...valid observation....