Area churches vote to join Global Methodist group, disaffiliate from UMC

FIRST UNITED MEHTODIST CHURCH, MATADOR is among Texas churches that have voted to exit the United Methodist Church. | COURTESY PHOTO
FIRST UNITED MEHTODIST CHURCH, MATADOR is among Texas churches that have voted to exit the United Methodist Church. | COURTESY PHOTO

BARBARA BRANNON | CAPROCK COURIER

At church business meetings August 29, Methodist churches in Matador and McAdoo voted to sever ties with the United Methodist denomination and band together with a new group, the Global Methodist Church.

The churches’ decisions, which have been under discussion for some months, center on a division over the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) issues, …