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

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This is happening at the Methodist Church in Auburn, Alabama. They voted to leave, but the new church leadership is blocking the move.

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Not exactly.

First of all, Auburn United Methodist is not "the" Methodist church in Auburn, as in, the only one. There are at least four more in addition to UMC, and that's after at least two others in Auburn have already left the denomination.

Secondly, what exactly happened is that the congregation wanted to hold a vote, but the leadership denied the vote (because they knew the vote to leave would carry), and a bunch of congregants left and have already formed their own church. "Moving Forward Methodists" or something like that.

I know that's a distinction without much of a difference, but just for accuracy's sake, unless I am mistaken the vote itself is what was blocked by leadership.