disaffiliate
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Opponents say overseas churches already can disaffiliate under church rules – and some conferences in Eastern Europe have taken such steps.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
A chart from the church’s UM News service shows a total of 4,359 congregations have been approved to disaffiliate, approximately 14% of the denomination’s 30,543 U.S. congregations reported in 2019.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
Last month, 38 churches in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church sued in the state’s Superior Court, demanding they be allowed to disaffiliate from the denomination.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
“This church was brought to the attention of the committee. The committee inquired of the church about their desire to disaffiliate and received no response.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
The student said his frat plans to notify the university Friday that it intends to disaffiliate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Regular Catholic Mass attendance is reportedly near 6%, and hundreds of thousands have formally disaffiliated from the church in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Pastor Scott now leads Dwelling Place Anaheim, a church which recently disaffiliated from the Vineyard USA movement.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023
In the Florida conference, 14 churches have formally disaffiliated, six are in process of doing so and another six are voting on whether to leave this month.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
SPU could be one, she said, even if it disaffiliated from the Free Methodist Church.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
“Sadly, I have watched YouTube videos, many from annual conference leaders that start with something like, ‘I’m here to help you understand the process for disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church,’” she said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
One outcome is that many people are disaffiliating from their churches, their belief systems, and their communities.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
Many churches began disaffiliating under a temporary measure approved in 2019 that let churches keep their properties under favorable conditions.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
Those crises set off a domino of CrossFit gyms’ disaffiliating from the brand—and the company, under new leadership and ownership, now faces the challenge of charting its future.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2023
“I want to say unequivocally that no, we are not disaffiliating to dodge these social event policies that were put into place,” said Murphy, a senior majoring in political science and history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
The reasons that more young Americans are disaffiliating in the world’s most religious developed country are varied.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
