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The United Methodist Church is navigating a historic schism, a division into two groups caused by a disagreement about ideas.
On May 7, the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the UMC approved final “disaffiliation” of 193 congregations, bringing the number of defections to 240 since 2021.
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