1.2 Million African Methodists Leave UMC over Allowance of LGBT Clergy, Same-Sex Weddings
The church lost more than one million members in one day last week when its Ivory Coast branch voted to leave the church over its new liberal positions on sexual orientation and gender. The Ivory Coast decision came one month after church representatives at a general conference in the United States voted to lift the […]
Conservative Alternative to the UMC Exceeds over 4,200 Congregations
The Global Methodist Church, a theologically conservative denomination that was launched last year to replace the United Methodist Church, already has more than 4,200 members. GMC ended 2023 with 4,281 member churches since its launch on May 1, 2022, according to GMC Interim Connectivity Director Keith Boyett. “Current member congregations are primarily former UMC congregations, […]