METHODIST SCHISM UPDATE, APRIL 2023

186 churches sue UMC North Georgia Conference for halting disaffiliation process By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor --More than 180 congregations in Georgia have filed a lawsuit after their regional body of the United Methodist Church refused to allow them to disaffiliate amid a denominational schism over homosexuality.  Last week, 186 churches filed a lawsuit against the UMC North Georgia Conference in Superior Court in Cobb County over the conference's decision last December to prohibit any more congregations from leaving amid a denominational schism over homosexuality.  MORE AT 186 churches sue UMC conference for not allowing disaffiliation | Church & Ministries News (christianpost.com)