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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The majority of the United Methodist Churches in the DC metropolitan region are "reconciling" churches which is the language used for churches that support all sexualities.  They allow LGBTQ+ clergy, allow LGBTQ+ marriages and invite all to the table for all services including communion.

Right now, the UMC in the US are starting to splinter off.  Those who believe in "traditional" doctrine will be leaving.  Most of those churches will join a new entity called the Global Methodist Church.  Right now approximately 6% (1800) of the roughly 30K UMC churches in the US have opted to leave in 2023.  The majority of those (about 60%) are in Texas.  That said, the Baltimore-Washington Conference has delayed the transition (e.g. the split) until 2024.  So, those churches who want to leave UMC for GMC will not be able to do so until Spring 2024.

But you can check any UMC and see if they are traditional or reconciling.  As I said, the majority of the churches in this region are reconciling.[/quote]

Just so I understand, are you saying to wait until 2024 because we don’t know what’s going to happen? Thx[/quote]

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