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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Congregations to disaffiliate from Methodist denomination

SAWYER BELAIR Lincoln Journal Star

• Jul 2, 2023
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OMAHA — Less than a week after voting to leave the United Methodist Church, the mood among the congregation of Omaha's Living Faith Methodist Church seemed like business-as usual on the morning of June 4.

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