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I expect that depends on whether the African bishops still have a vote, since they are the ones who have preserved the status quo ante.
Not ultimately. If the General Conference meets and if some how not enough delegates have left for the new GMC and the GC votes to continue to prevent same sex marriages and ordinations I believe several of the six UMC jurisdictions (3-4 or them) in the US then would either split to form another Methodist denomination or those jurisdictions would just do as the western jurisdiction is now doing and refuse to enforce these provisions of the Discipline which we believe has codified discrimination and hate against members of our churches.
We are done telling our LGBTQ+ sibling that we won't fully minister to them or allow them to minister because of a man made set of rules that we believe denies the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is basically how we ended the Methodist Church from not allowing us to perform interracial marriages years ago.
Ultimately this is why the WCA is starting a new denomination. They will give all kinds of other reasons. But the ultimate reason is to continue to discriminate against LGBTQ people and to kick anyone out who doesn't go along within their own ranks. (Which their new Discipline will allow.)
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