Answer #1 (Stay UMC)
This is our prayer! At this point there has been no willingness from those seeking to disaffiliate to find a compromise. Perhaps those attempts could be considered when the Administrative Board considers how AUMC should move forward. Thank you for your prayers as we seek to continue in our mission to “Love God, Love Neighbors, and make Passionate followers of Jesus.”
Answer #2 (Pro-Disaffiliation)
Unfortunately, our church is divided on these fundamental issues because the larger UMC denomination has been unable to reach agreement on how to go forward and so the inevitable impasse has occurred. Because the Protocol of Separation, which would have given us an amicable plan to separate wasn’t used, we have been forced to vote on this decision on a local level in each church. This is painful. The only healing that can happen is for each group to go its own way, since the beliefs in each group stands in opposition to each other.