METHODISTS DIVORCING MAY 1, 2022

The United Methodist Church is dividing into two denominations starting tomorrow, May 1, 2022. And, guess what the core of the problem is? It's our old friend, the issue of homosexuality. No surprise.

Find an article about this HERE .

Find an explanation from the new group HERE .

The new bunch, the Global Methodist Church, is a conservative breakaway from the UMC.

In 2019, the worldwide Methodist Church voted against human rights for homosexuals. Most American Methodists favored these but conservative Americans joined with Third World Methodists to form a majority that voted in stricter rules against homosexuals in the denomination. Conservative American churchmen joining with Third World churchmen to stop equality and inclusion of homosexuals in the church is not new. 

It looks as if the separation will not happen overnight but will be a gradual peeling away as the local churches decide whether to stay with the UMC or go with the Global Methodist Church.