You have fought and continue to fight well. We are all fighting from the ruins of Christian civilization to restore it.
It’s the people I know in the pews who make it hard to let go. I don’t know Alex’s reason for leaving, but I wouldn’t give him a hard time for leaving the UMC. (I don’t know Mathhew Fox’s heresy) Many others have left, and I’ve not personally met one who didn’t have a good reason.
read this: http://goodnewsmag.org/2015/05/connectional-table-proposes-dramatic-change/