Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion
2 years, 1 month ago

Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion

Raw Story  

LUBBOCK — The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. In response to the vote, St. John’s United Methodist Church in Lubbock released a statement saying they will continue being part of UMC and advocate for church policy changes at local and denominational levels. Many of the Texas congregations say they’ll join a new, more conservative breakaway denomination, the Global Methodist Church, that was created earlier this year. Nathan Lonsdale Bledsoe, the pastor of St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church in Houston, said that he is sad to see so many churches depart from the UMC, but that he is hopeful for a future.

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