At least seven Chautauqua County churches are disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church. The Findley Lake, Gerry, Bemus Point, Dewittville-Hartfield, C
ERIE — The Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church is now more than a third smaller after a solemn and at-times emotional meeting in Erie completed a more than a yearlong process of disaffiliation for some congregations. There were 298 churches in the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the
Almost 300 congregations in Pennsylvania have left the United Methodist Church due to its internal debate over homosexuality, joining thousands of others across the United States.
The Associated Press The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC but his congregation was leaving it. Each has found new church homes, and they’re not alone. Thousands […]
Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ