Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to God, and your paths will be straight. - Proverbs 3:5-6
A Call to Discernment and Renewal
Read Bishop Schol's Disafilliation Discernment Messages to leaders in EPA:
- First letter - March 10, 2022: English | Korean | Spanish
- Second letter - April 21, 2022: English | Korean |Spanish
- Third letter - May 2, 2022: English | Korean | Spanish
Disaffiliation FAQs
- See Frequently Asked Questions and submit your own.
- Las preguntas frecuentes (FAQ, por sus siglas en inglés) se pueden revisar y enviar aquí.
Paragraph 2553 of the Book of Discipline
You can review paragraph 2553 and recent Judicial Council rulings about disaffiliation here.
Judicial Council Rulings Concerning Disaffiliation
- Decision 1385
- Decision 1401
- Decision 1420
- Decision 1421
- Decision 1422
- Decision 1423
- Decision 1424
- Decision 1425
- Decision 1444
UMC’s Judicial Council rules U.S. Annual Conferences can't exit unilaterally
The Judicial Council, the UMC’s top court, ruled that current church law does not allow annual conferences in the U.S. to withdraw from the denomination. The ruling answers questions from the UMC’s bishops, who are dealing with the ramifications of a splintering denomination. Read story.