MEEKER | In March 2023, members of Meeker’s second-oldest church agreed to disagree. By a vote, the majority of the congregation decided to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church denomination and become an independent Methodist church.
This vote occurred as the Mountain Sky Conference and General Conference of the United Methodists took positions that LGBTQ individuals may be ordained as pastors and that LGBTQ marriages could be held in their church. A majority of members…