United Methodist Church defies mainline Protestant history by saying no to the sexual revolution
Albert Mohler predicts a schism based on comparison to our own conservative-liberal struggle as Southern Baptists
>Going back to the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, there was a similar dynamic within the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Conservatives won during those decades and the more liberal factions, churches, and even associations of churches eventually severed their relationship with the Southern Baptist Convention. We are likely to see something very similar now in the United Methodist Church, but it's easier for churches to leave a Baptist Convention because we believe in local church autonomy. Local churches, they define their own ministry, they own their own property.
>The Southern Baptist Convention for example, was never numbered among those mainline Protestant denominations, but the United Methodist Church was. The question is for how long now will that be true? That liberal Protestant world is enthusiastically devoted to the sexual revolution in its fullness. The United Methodist Church, by the vote that took place yesterday, is not going in that direction. Thus, it is unlikely that the denomination as a whole will continue to be a part of mainline Protestantism. The church is certainly likely to split with liberals identifying with mainline Protestantism and with conservatives increasingly identifying with historic Christian orthodoxy.
https://albertmohler.com/2019/02/27/briefing-2-27-19/
I don't see why the conservative wing of the UMC wouldn't just begin associating with the already established conservative wesleyan denominations. What's going to happen?