The report found that the geographic landscape of disaffiliation paralleled the last split of a similar scale when the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, formed in 1844 due to a division over slavery.

Geographic breakdown parallels denomination's schism in 1844 over slavery, which had led to formation of Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Twenty United Methodist Church regional conferences saw ...

In response, Southern Methodists withdrew from the church and formed their own denomination, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. “The division of the Methodist Church will demonstrate ...