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Conservative Methodists worry about their place in the denomination ahead of delayed plans for a split over LGBT issues.

The Sierra Leone bishop convened a pivotal roundtable to resolve longstanding UMC divisions over LGBT issues.

There’s broad support for a new plan to allow traditional marriage proponents to leave the UMC with $25 million in funding.

(UPDATED) Traditional Plan survives legal review, but could still set the UMC on path to division over gay marriage and clergy as Judicial Council also approves exit plan for dissenting churches.

These meetings are dry, contentious, and sometimes crucial for discerning God’s will.

The UMC’s increasingly global delegation outweighs US push to shift LGBT positions, leading some progressive congregations to leave.