Two regional governing bodies of the United Methodist Church in Texas approved the departure of all 439 churches that had requested to disaffiliate from the...
In Houston, 1,245 delegates from the 598 congregations voted on the mass departure, and 93% voted in favor. A spokesperson for the Texas Annual Conference, which covers much of East Texas, said 4% abstained and 3% voted against the departures.
Jones also concluded his time as bishop with his words. Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey will be the conference’s new leader starting Jan. 1.granting the 145 churches leave to disaffiliate. Although the two conferences provided sweeping approval for the churches seeking to disaffiliate, this has not been the case everywhere in theThe Arkansas Annual Conference controversially approved the disaffiliation of 35 churches while blocking three others in November,In September, 81 churches in the Central Texas Conference, which includes Fort Worth, were approved to disaffiliate in a special session. The conference currently has 185 congregations, and at least two more have voted to leave.
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