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More: Why we stay: Preachers explain why they won't cut United Methodist ties Our local churches transform their communities and the world for Jesus Christ in their own unique ways. From there, we launch into our ministries. It is rooted in the balance of connectional unity and local freedom. Some people think that unity is a landing strip - a place where we all have to end up ― agreeing with one another.īut, in The United Methodist Church, unity has always been a launching pad - where we start together. Relationships will be strained or broken, no matter how the votes turn out. Luke’s, at Claremore and other locations. We’ve seen it over and over as churches have voted to stay or leave. That’s how we meet and serve all the people in our contexts throughout the state. We’ve made it through many challenges since our founding in the 18th century.Įvery community is different, so diversity in our churches is important. I know this because it is not the first time our denomination has faced a divisive issue and come out strong. Luke is pursuing split from the United Methodist denomination, here's why

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With that faith, I am confident that the UMC will remain a vibrant, world-changing family full of a variety of voices - progressive, moderate and traditional. I can’t predict what might happen when our general conference meets in 2024. And there is fear of the unknown in our local churches. There is fear of what might happen in our Book of Discipline in the next year - that the language will change or that it won’t change. Whether it is the progressive or traditional congregation, it is driven by fear.

This has damaged lifelong relationships, and we’ve lost focus on our mission to transform the world through Jesus Christ. Luke’s United Methodist Church or a small church family like we have in small towns in almost every county in the state. I don’t want any church to leave the UMC, whether it’s a large church like St. In the divisiveness, the United Methodist General Conference, our worldwide governing body, established a process that allows local churches who wish to sever relationship with the UMC to depart gracefully.

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