Over 260 Georgia Churches Vote to Leave United Methodist Church Amid LGBT Debate

Published on November 20, 2023

In another pivotal moment for the United Methodist Church (UMC), the North Georgia Conference of the denomination witnessed the ratification of disaffiliation agreements for 261 of its churches over the weekend. The conference will still keep about 440 churches. The disaffiliation vote is a direct consequence of long-standing debates over LGBT issues within the church. The latest tally by UM News shows that this year alone, over 5,000 UMC churches nationwide have voted to split from the UMC. The total number of churches that have voted to disaffiliate since 2019, when LGBT issues reached a boiling point in the churches’ General Conference, stands at over 7,200 of the 30,000 congregations in the United States, according to the unofficial tally by UM News....

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