United Methodist Church Split 2024. The united methodist church’s highest court has ruled that congregations seeking to leave the denomination over theological differences cannot do so via a church closure. As the window closes on a temporary plan allowing disaffiliations, nearly 1 out of 4 of the denomination’s 30,000 congregations decided to split over issues of sexuality and authority.
African delegates to the general conference of the united methodist church pray outside the charlotte convention center, in charlotte, n.c., on may 2, 2024. (rns) — the top legislative body of the united methodist church passed a series of measures thursday (april 25) to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region.