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Article: Since Newsworthy General Synod, United Church Of Christ Reports Both Positive, Negative Fallout
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- U.S. Newswire
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- January 19, 2006
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CLEVELAND, Jan. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Leaders of the 1.3- million-
member United Church of Christ are reporting mixed statistical and
financial outcomes -- both positive and negative -- during the six-
month period that followed its General Synod's controversial decision
to affirm support for same-gender marriage equality.
Since July, about 49 churches -- or less than one percent of the
UCC's 5,725 churches -- have voted to disaffiliate, according to the
denomination's research office. Most, but not all, of the departures
appear related to disagreement with the marriage- equality
resolution.
The withdrawals, however, also come amid a resurgence of interest
in the UCC by new or existing ...