The Arkansas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church voted overwhelmingly Sunday to let 62 more of its congregations leave, joining more than 100 others that had already departed over the past 11 months.
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.
A meeting at the state s largest United Methodist congregation to discuss breaking away from the denomination has been postponed by an Arkansas Conference official, leaving uncertain the date for a straw poll on the topic.
As many as 12 judges have declined to reside over a lawsuit filed by a United Methodist Church congregation in Arkansas whose regional conference rejected its disaffiliation vote and suspended its pastor.
As many as 12 judges have declined to reside over a lawsuit filed by a United Methodist Church congregation in Arkansas whose regional conference rejected its disaffiliation vote and suspended its pastor.