For a bit of context, the United Methodist Church was created in 1968 consolidating various Methodist groups. Most of the churches leaving, at least in the southeast, are moving to a new group called the Global Methodist Church that doesn't allow the LGBTQ crap. Basically any local church unhappy with the gay direction of the national group has seceded.
For a bit of context, the United Methodist Church was created in 1968 consolidating various Methodist groups. Most of the churches leaving, at least in the southeast, are moving to a new group called the Global Methodist Church that doesn't allow the LGBTQ crap. Basically any local church unhappy with the gay direction of the national group has seceded.