More than three years after The United Methodist Church announced it would split over long-standing disagreements regarding LGBTQ inclusion, three Chicago-area churches are preparing to finalize their disaffiliation by the end of this month.Faith Evangelical United Methodist Church in Elmhurst, First United Methodist Church Plano and La Luz de Cristo United Methodist Church in Elgin will join thousands of congregations nationwide splitting from the denomination following decades of rising tensions between progressive congregations that flouted church bylaws banning same-sex marriage and clergy and their traditionalist counterparts.
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