disaffiliate

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Some 6,182 congregations have received approval to disaffiliate since 2019, according to an unofficial tally by United Methodist News Service, which has been tracking votes by annual conferences.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

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

“However, we have long understood that organizations choose to disaffiliate from universities for a variety of legitimate reasons, because in some cases Panhellenic organizations have done so as well.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2022