Oklahoman
The inability to safely gather for in-person debate on issues like same-sex marriage hasn t stopped key developments from occurring in the global United Methodist Church, including in Oklahoma.
• A conservative Methodist group will host informational meetings in Oklahoma City and Tulsa on Saturday and Sunday to discuss plans to form another denomination.
• Oklahoma s United Methodist bishop has taken steps to deal with changing dynamics if a split in the United Methodist denomination occurs.
• And Oklahoma Methodists are speaking out on both sides of the issues that have caused denominational fissures.
At the heart of the matter is a denominational split that some United Methodists expect to occur at the 2022 General Conference.