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DISAFFILIATED CHURCHES & WITHDRAWN CLERGY

Your Church Disaffiliated But, You Want to Remain United Methodist

• Laity: visit a Lighthouse church in your area. These are churches dedicated to The United Methodist Church and welcoming for those on a pilgrimage seeking a new church home. The clergy and lay leaders of these congregations are committed to their continual growth and are engaged in ongoing Lighthouse church training and educational opportunities. Find a Lighthouse church in your area.
• Clergy: contact your district superintendent so you can be considered for another appointment after the church disaffiliates.
• Retired Deacons/Elders: contact your district superintendent to establish a new charge conference relationship with a United Methodist church.

EOC churches that have disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church.

A Clergyperson’s Relationship to the EOC and The UMC

Clergy members of the East Ohio Annual Conference are bound together in a covenant relationship for accountability and support. As a part of this covenant, United Methodist clergy only serve in a ministerial capacity outside of The United Methodist Church with the expressed and written permission of the resident bishop.

A Message from the Bishop, the Cabinet, and the Board of Ministry.

Guidelines for Clergy on Withdrawal from The United Methodist Church

Ordained clergy (active and retired) who wish to withdraw from The United Methodist Church are guided by Judicial Council Decision 696 and ¶ 360 of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016.

Licensed local pastors who wish to withdraw from The United Methodist Church are guided by ¶ 360 of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016. Read the guidelines for clergy withdrawal.

EOC clergy who have withdrawn from The United Methodist Church.