Though a decision that could form a new affiliation within the United Methodist Church will be postponed once more until 2022, a Columbiana County church is changing now.
The Rev. Abby Auman, district superintendent of the Mahoning Valley District of East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, said moving forward with the new affiliation, which has a conservative view, is the former Boyce United Methodist Church in East Liverpool.
Now, it is Boyce Church.
Other churches are taking a “wait-and-see” approach, Auman said, because there isn’t a desire to leave under the current pathway. “They think maybe they may find themselves compatible enough with the new United Methodist Church,” she said.