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yellowdogintexas

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7. Churches which did not leave the UMC before Dec 31 would have to surrender their property to the

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:15 AM

Jan 5

local Annual Conference. (that date may be off; possibly mid 2024)

I guess because SMU is not a church, they wouldn't have to do that.

My UMC did not leave in fact we did not even have a congregational vote. The Board of Stewards and the pastoral staff had their ears to the ground so to speak and felt confident the congregation would approve.

It may be that SMU was already wanting to loosen their ties to the UMC and the whole thing got caught up in the mess.

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