I used to attend Hope UMC in Sacramento and it fractured over gay marriage about thirty years ago. This stuff has been happening for a long time and is not a new thing. Not at all.
And what’s really at stake here is US$64 BILLION in property assets that are all held by the denomination and not by the local churches.
http://www.umglobal.org/2020/01/a-primer-on-umc-assets-who-owns-them.html
Exactly: Who keeps the brand and the buildings?