With more than 100 congregations already gone and others preparing to depart, the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church is cutting its budget and preparing for a smaller, leaner post-disaffiliation future, officials said this week.
Sixty-seven congregations in Arkansas have officially disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church, being part of a wave of departures driven largely by the mainline Protestant denomination’s ongoing debate over LGBT issues.
Arkansas United Methodists voted Saturday to allow an additional 67 congregations to disaffiliate from the denomination bringing the total number that have left in the past six months over "issues related to human sexuality" to over 100.
Arkansas United Methodists voted Saturday to allow an additional 67 congregations to disaffiliate from the denomination bringing the total number that have left in the past six months over "issues related to human sexuality" to over 100.