United Methodist Church Membership Plummets by 174,000 in Just One Year
The numbers are in, and the United Methodist Church is still shrinking. The UMC lost approximately 174,000 members in the United States in 2025, another staggering decline for a denomination already rocked by theological division, with thousands of churches departing. According t
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