United Methodist Church split as I see it

An introduction for United Methodists that hits the high points:
Why is the denomination splitting?
How did we get here?
What are the recent developments?  
What are options for churches going forward?  

For more nuanced discussions check out this further reading:
Resources page on this topic at St. Francisville UMC - https://www.stfrumc.org/umcsplit.html#/

About the Protocol for Separation - https://www.umnews.org/en/news/protoc...

About responses to the recent postponement of General Conference- https://www.umnews.org/en/news/questi...

https://globalmethodist.org/ramificat...

About disaffiliation -
https://www.umc.org/en/content/ask-th...

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