(Undated) Nearly 60 more Iowa churches are leaving the United Methodist Church over its new LGBTQ+ policy.
The Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church has approved the disaffiliation of the churches. More than 80 other Iowa churches left in the spring. The new policy allows gay clergy to serve and ministers to perform same-sex marriages.
The churches leaving say they welcome LGBTQ+ persons to worship but will continue to follow traditional and more conservative views of one-man, one-woman marriage.
Churches leaving this month:
*Blanchard United Methodist Church
*Braddyville United Methodist Church
*Carbon United Methodist Church
*Clearfield United Methodist Church
*Macedonia United Methodist Church
*Maple Grove Church — Villisca
*Stratton United Methodist Church of Red Oak
The following are the churches that left last May:
*Clarinda First United Methodist Church
*Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church — Council Bluffs
*Elliott United Methodist Church
*Hillsdale United Methodist Church
*Harlan First United Methodist Church
*Lenox United Methodist Church
*Monroe Chapel — Harlan
* Silver City United Methodist Church
