The outgoing head of the United Methodist Church Council of Bishops denounced the split of the mainline Protestant denomination over LGBT issues ahead of Sunday's launch of a breakaway denomination.
The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops, ending a five-day meeting Friday, acknowledged the inevitable breakup of their denomination a schism expected to widen over the weekend with the launch of a global movement led by theologically conservative Methodists. The breakaway denomination, called the Global Methodist Church, officially existed as of Sunday. Its leaders
The outgoing head of the United Methodist Church Council of Bishops denounced the split of the mainline Protestant denomination over LGBT issues ahead of Sunday's launch of a breakaway denomination.
The outgoing head of the United Methodist Church Council of Bishops denounced the split of the mainline Protestant denomination over LGBT issues ahead of Sunday's launch of a breakaway denomination.
The schism originated over leadership struggles over liberal churches’ continued defiance of UMC bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of openly gay clergy.