They are closing quite a few rural UMCs here in N.C. The district closes them without negotiation and directs the members to the UMC that the DISTRICT favors. It looks to be backfiring on them, as it should. Lots of corruption and behind the scenes strategy. These little churches get shot clean out the saddle before they know anything is going on. The members tend to buck the system and go the opposite direction, from the direction of the district. It isn’t a pretty thing to watch happen. This is playing out as we speak in our community.
A question; Do the churches, the real estate, belong to the community or do the belong to the the state national organization?
