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Clearbranch Methodist Church is a Global Methodist Church. It is located at 8051 Glenn Road in Trussville, adjacent to the Argo exit on I-59.

It was chatered in 1996 as ClearBranch United Methodist Church, a congregation of the North Alabama Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Ground for its current campus was broken in 1998 and a new building was dedicated in 2002. By 2004 the congregation's average Sunday attendance was over 1500.

On November 21, 2022, the congregation voted to disaffiliate with the United Methodist Church and to join the Global Methodist Church. The disaffiliation was approved by the United Methodist North Alabama Conference on December 10, 2022.

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Pastors

Vaughn Stafford, 2013-

External site

ClearBranch website

References

Garrison, Greg (June 6, 2013) "New ClearBranch pastor sang gospel with the Gaithers as a teen" The Birmingham News
Garrison, Greg (November 22, 2022) "United Methodist split update: Clearbranch votes to go; Trinity Homewood stays" The Birmingham News
Garrison, Greg (December 10, 2022) "United Methodist split: 198 churches leave North Alabama Conference" The Birmingham News
Garrison, Greg (December 12, 2022) "After split, Methodists go in different directions" The Birmingham News

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-'''ClearBranch United Methodist Church''' is a congregation of the [[North Alabama United Methodist Conference|North Alabama Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church]]
+'''Clearbranch Methodist Church''' is a [[Global Methodist Church]]. It is located at 8051 [[Glenn Road]] in [[Trussville]], adjacent to the [[Argo]] exit on [[I-59]].
-chartered in [[1996]]. It is located at 8051 [[Glenn Road]] in [[Trusville]], adjacent to the [[Argo]] exit on [[I-59]]. Ground for its current campus was broken in [[1998]] and a new building was dedicated in [[2002]]. By [[2004]] the congregation's average Sunday attendance was over 1500.
-On November 21, 2022, the congregation voted to disaffiliate with the United Methodist Chruch. It intends to join the [[Global Methodist Church]].
+It was chatered in [[1996]] as '''ClearBranch United Methodist Church''', a congregation of the [[North Alabama United Methodist Conference|North Alabama Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church]]. Ground for its current campus was broken in [[1998]] and a new building was dedicated in [[2002]]. By [[2004]] the congregation's average Sunday attendance was over 1500.
+On November 21, 2022, the congregation voted to disaffiliate with the United Methodist Church and to join the Global Methodist Church. The disaffiliation was approved by the United Methodist North Alabama Conference on December 10, 2022.
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 * Garrison, Greg (June 6, 2013) "New ClearBranch pastor sang gospel with the Gaithers as a teen" {{BN}}
 * Garrison, Greg (November 22, 2022) "United Methodist split update: Clearbranch votes to go; Trinity Homewood stays" {{BN}}
+* Garrison, Greg (December 10, 2022) "United Methodist split: 198 churches leave North Alabama Conference" {{BN}}
+* Garrison, Greg (December 12, 2022) "After split, Methodists go in different directions" {{BN}}
 [[Category:Methodist churches]]
 [[Category:1996 establishments]]
 [[Category:2002 buildings]]
+[[Category:Churches in Trussville]]