More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.
There’s a non zero percent who simply can’t afford to disaffiliate. I know the state I’m in was charging them a percentage of the value of the church buildings and some other costs if they chose to disaffiliate. Turns out there’s a lot of small country churches that aren’t as financially well off as a lot of people seem to think.
Ehhh it’s more that 20% have reached the point that their outrage is at the point that they leave. Who knows how many more are seething or unhappy.
There’s a non zero percent who simply can’t afford to disaffiliate. I know the state I’m in was charging them a percentage of the value of the church buildings and some other costs if they chose to disaffiliate. Turns out there’s a lot of small country churches that aren’t as financially well off as a lot of people seem to think.