Why Congregations Aren't Waiting to Leave the United Methodist Church Quest Church in Grovetown was among the 70 churches who chose to part ways with the conference. The 2021 General Conference has been postponednow to 2022delaying once again the closure many of us have been hoping for in a definitive path forward on the LGBTQ question for the greater UMC organization. The announcement still leaves a number of questions unanswered, including whether clergy and lay delegates elected to the 2020 General Conference will serve in 2024, or if the denominations regional annual conferences will elect new delegates to serve, as they would have for the regularly scheduled 2024 General Conference. What happened to United Methodists proposal to split the denomination? Perhaps the third time will be the charm for United Methodists awaiting a vote to officially split the denomination. Check back regularly for new and updated stories. At the last General Conference UMC meeting in 2019, the conference adopted a new provision for the Book of Discipline "to deal with increasing disagreements" related to whether members of the LGBTQ community should be ordained as ministers and whether UMC ministers should perform same-sex marriages. Bethel Church in Marietta agreed to pay $13.1 million to the conference trustees to leave the UMC with property and become independent, according to UMC News . General Conference 2020 - ResourceUMC The commission previously had scrapped plans to hold the 2024 General Conference in Manila, saying organizers could not find convention space available for two full weeks to host the gathering of United Methodists from around the world. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. Local Methodist Church's thrive after leaving the The United - LinkedIn
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