North Georgia halted disaffiliations. Then a Dalton Methodist pastor left his church behind — and started a new congregation

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Pastor Brian Clark talks to parishioners Sunday before the start of an early service for The River Community Church in Dalton, Ga., at The Mill at Crown Garden.
Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Pastor Brian Clark talks to parishioners Sunday before the start of an early service for The River Community Church in Dalton, Ga., at The Mill at Crown Garden.


In late December, some Methodists sensed a betrayal.

Given what it described as the rampant spread of disinformation, the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church said it would stop allowing its member churches to disaffiliate, thus disrupting the plans of many congregations to vote, amid an ongoing schism, on...

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