Clearbranch United Methodist Church in Trussville voted recently to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church, joining 158 other North Alabama churches that have lined up asking to leave.
Clearbranch United Methodist Church in Trussville voted Monday to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church, joining 158 other North Alabama churches that have lined up asking to leave.
Stafford has been a leader in the conservative movement that helped launch the Global Methodist Church on May 1, but the vote to leave was still emotional for him, he said. A super-majority vote of 75 percent is required to disaffiliate, and several have fallen short of that margin, including Arab First UMC, Pell City First UMC, Central UMC in Decatur and Blountsville UMC, Stafford said.Leadership councils of some other churches have decided not to hold congregation-wide votes, indicating they plan to remain in the denomination.
On Nov. 14, the administrative board of Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood voted 63-3 to accept the recommendation of a discernment team to stay in the United Methodist denomination and not have a congregational vote on leaving, Erickson said. “If the church council doesn’t call for disaffiliation, that church doesn’t have to have a vote,” Erickson said.
The Rev. Brian Erickson, senior pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood, said his congregation plans to remain in the United Methodist denomination.
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