The churches say they were shut out of an upcoming vote, which would prevent them leaving.
Bishop David Graves, head of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, breaks bread during a communion service during the annual meeting held June 11-14, 2023. A group of 42 United Methodist congregations in south Alabama and the Florida panhandle has filed a lawsuit against Bishop David Graves and the Alabama-West Florida Conference, saying he has delayed the disaffiliation process and won’t let them leave the denomination by the end of the year.
The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 31 in Montgomery County Circuit Court, names Graves and his cabinet as defendants, saying the bishop is trying to “run out the clock” by not letting them leave the denomination and take their property with them as allowed by church law by Dec. 31.invoking Plaintiffs’ reliance on that plan, Defendants have now revoked that plan and arechurch buildings and property hostage,” the lawsuit argues.
The lawsuit asks for a preliminary injunction to allow the churches to disaffiliate, following 236 other congregations that disaffiliated prior to June 13. Among the churches named in the lawsuit as seeking to leave are Aldersgate of Montgomery, Armstrong of Auburn, Spanish Fort, Shalimar, Loachapoka, Flomaton, Elmore, Elba, Demopolis, Cottage Hill in Cantonment, Gulfview in Panama City, First United Methodist Church of Greenville, First Church of Mexico Beach and Theodore.
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