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United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

apnews.com United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

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.

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United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

apnews.com /article/united-methodist-churches-exit-lgbtq-clergy-marriage-fc83fd20ad003c6ecaac5ae60ddd5afd

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A lot of these pastors have to be looking at their steadily declining congregations and thinking maybe it's not the kids who are wrong, after all.
- That requires at least a mediocre amount of critical thinking skills and those are taboo in religious organizations, so doubt it.

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