There are thousands of United Methodist churches in the US that have left the organization

More than 7,000 congregations across the country decided to leave the denomination. The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a major upheaval in the US. Thousands of congregations have left the denomination in recent years. The U.M. Church is the largest denomination in the country.

United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ persons. One fourth of US churches in US have left in schism over LGBTQ ban. What happens now? United Methodist Church had to leave denomination in five years.