If 179 congregations left, I wonder how many were left?
I wonder just how many denominations there are left across the US maintain the Holy Bible as inerrant and directed by God, through men vs how many have written their own, to please men not God.
In the whole MC USA there were about 800+ congregations. Even though the Lancaster conference was the largest conference within the MC USA, their departure leaves more members left in the MC USA than out of it. General membership in the MC USA has been declining since decisions it took seen to be embracing the “LGBT lifestyle”. The departure of the Lancaster Conference is but one element in that loss of members.