Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarlan Miller

Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarlan Miller are journalists with Religion News Service.

‘Not a Real Schism’: Four Years Later, UMC Exodus Less a Gush, More a Trickle

An analysis of departing churches suggests the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination will be weakened, but it is unlikely to break.

31 UMC Churches in NC Demand Immediate Exit From Denomination, Threaten Lawsuit

Thirty-one United Methodist churches in western North Carolina are demanding they be allowed to leave the United Methodist Church and have hired a Florida legal firm to push their claim forward.

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