re: Over 25% of Methodist churches abandon denomination as schism grows over LGBTQ+ issues

We had a perfectly good plan to separate amicably allowing Churches to choose Traditionalist, Centrist or Progressive. Methodist Church has a trust clause meaning the UMC owns your property. So they held that over ytour head. The Judicial Council and Council of Bishops evilly pulled that plan back in the Spring and rewrote the methods by which one could disaffiliate. The vote had to be 2/3 plus one, pay two years' apportionments and pay all unfunded pension liabilities. Remove all Cross and Flame logo on anything in the Church including hymnals.
So the human sexuality is long gone in the rear view mirror. It's all about the draconian Judicial Council and Council of Bishops. My Church voted 91% to disafiliate. I was prepared to leave my Church of 30+ years if it went otherwise. The United Methodist Church left me a long time ago.