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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what the future holds for the UMC.  If they go the route of Episcopal churches, then it will be a slow death.  Is liberalism the death of many mainline Protestant churches?  I see so many beautiful and historical churches with empty seats.  It seems like many mainline Christian denominations are loosing membership besides their converts in Africa and in Asia.   However, mega conservative churches  and  prosperity preaching churches are growing like weeds all over the country.

I began witnessing the division of the UMC 22 years ago.  I am just surprised that it took this long for a schism to occur.     [/quote]

I think it will follow the trend of the divided Presbyterians — the conservative PCA is thriving while the liberal PCUSA is losing members.  [/quote]

I actually think that traditional UM churches are likely to thrive outside of the US and wither here in the US.  I think the mainline (liberal) UMC here in the US will thrive.  Conservative UMC members are more likely to be older and there are fewer and fewer younger conservative UMC members.  I believe that the more liberal mainline UMC here in the US will grow as more younger members will transfer or will find more liberal parishes and be more likely to participate after college in a more liberal parish.  In about 20-30 years, I expect that you will be hard pressed to find a traditional UMC outside the Midwest and probably not to many of them even there.

At the general conference that passed the Traditional plan, 53% vote for the Traditional plan and 47% vote against.  41% of the voters were from outside the US with 30%, so about 75% of the non-American contingent, from Africa (which was almost 100%) for the Traditional plan.   The US contingent was about 2/3 in support of the more liberal One Church Plan.

[url]https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/february/united-methodist-lgbt-vote-conference-plan.html[/url][/quote]

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