United Methodist court will take up questions raised by Alabama churches that want to leave

In Alabama, more than half of United Methodist congregations disaffiliated – about 555 churches.

A judicial court of the United Methodist Church will take up the issue of clarifying how Alabama churches that want to leave may still be allowed to depart the denomination.Among them are requests from the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, where a group of more than 40 churches that wanted to leave the denomination claim the bishop “ran out the clock” on them, delaying their exit until a rule allowing them to leave and take property with them expired.

This year, the General Conference deleted Paragraph 2553, which expired at the end of 2023. That was the provision instituted by the 2019 General Conference that allowed churches to leave with their property if they met financial obligations and followed procedure. the United Methodist Church now supports after successful votes to update its policies on those issuesDothan megachurch that went independent sued the conference

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