The choice before churches is clear. In the next few years, we will see those clinging to orthodoxy shrink dramatically – and there will be cultural consequences for this.
The mass exodus comes after 'liberal leaders in the UMC disregarded a 2019 vote upholding the church’s ban on ordaining LGBT clergy and officiating at or hosting same-sex weddings.'
Methodist churches that want to remain true to Biblical teaching on marriage and sex can vote to become part of the new 'traditional Methodist' denomination.