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A megachurch in Texas voted overwhelmingly to leave the United Methodist Church<\/a> (UMC) last week as the second-largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. fractures over sexuality, church government and the authority of the Bible.<\/p>\n

St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, a megachurch that boasts one of the largest congregations in the Plano-based UMC North Texas Annual Conference, voted 859-12 in favor of disaffiliating from the denomination during a congregational vote on Feb. 21, according to a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Church leadership “engaged in meaningful and productive conversations” with the UMC’s regional authorities “to finalize terms of our disaffiliation,” church leaders said in a statement to The Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“St. Andrew’s goal has always been to disaffiliate while still maintaining relationships with the UMC<\/a> and blessing each other in mission for the future,” the statement continued.<\/p>\n

LAWYER REPRESENTING METHODIST CHURCHES TRYING TO LEAVE SAYS CONTENTIOUS SPLIT IS ABOUT \u2018POWER\u2019 AND \u2018MONEY\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The church had originally announced in October that it was leaving the UMC without a congregational vote, claiming at the time that such a step was unnecessary, according to UM News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Everyone involved has a deep love for the denomination that birthed us; but the fractures and flaws of the institution are too deep to ignore,” Rev. Arthur Jones, senior pastor, and Kathy King, the church\u2019s executive committee chair,\u00a0said in a statement last fall<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The church’s departure comes as more than 2,000 U.S. churches have disaffiliated from the UMC<\/a> since 2019, when the General Conference voted 438-384 to uphold the church\u2019s ban on ordaining LGBTQ clergy and officiating at or hosting same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n

Several traditionalist members of the Methodist clergy told Fox News Digital<\/u><\/a> last June that conservative churches are leaving in response to liberal leaders within the UMC choosing to disregard the 2019 vote by commissioning gay clergy and officiating same-sex weddings anyway.<\/p>\n

UNITED METHODIST SPLIT GROWS MORE CONTENTIOUS AS GEORGIA CONFERENCE BLOCKS CONSERVATIVE CHURCHES FROM EXITING<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The General Conference that year also approved Paragraph 2553 of the Book of Discipline<\/u><\/a>, a church law that allows UMC churches to leave with their church property if they obtain the approval of two-thirds of their congregation and their regional governing body.<\/p>\n

Churches wishing to leave are also required to pay their share of clergy pension liabilities and two years of “apportionments”<\/a> for the larger denomination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-megachurch-votes-leave-united-methodist-church-mainline-denomination-fractures-lgbt-issues <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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