That brings the total to 348 disaffiliations in North Alabama.
The North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Sept. 12, 2023, to approve the disaffiliation of 18 congregations. Another 18 churches disaffiliated from the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church on Tuesday night, wrapping up the final official departure vote for the region that has its headquarters office in Birmingham.
The 18 that left Tuesday are in addition to 198 that disaffiliated on Dec. 10, 2022, and another 132 that disaffiliated on May 11. Before the Dec. 10 vote, there had been 638 congregations in the North Alabama Conference. Wallace-Padgett urged those who remain to put their energies into a new start, which includes 10 newly forming congregations.The United Methodist split comes after decades of infighting over whether the denomination should maintain its stance on some issues related to human sexuality.
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