The number of congregations approved to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church (UMC) in the last two years has surpassed the 5,000 mark, the Christian Post website reports today (June 12, 2023).
Last week, according to numbers compiled by UMNews, the number of churches that have had their disaffiliation votes approved by their annual conferences under Paragraph 2553 of the UMC Book of Discipline went from around 4,000 on June 6 to 5,321 as of June 9.
There was a strong increase in departures beginning last year, with around 2,000 congregations having their disaffiliation votes approved in 2022 and over 3,000 so far in 2023.
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