"Two advocacy groups have backed a delegates’ petition asking the United Methodist Judicial Council to reconsider its ruling on the constitutionality of the Traditional Plan.

"Uniting Methodists and Mainstream UMC, both backers of the One Church Plan recommended by the Council of Bishops’ Commission on a Way Forward, issued separate press releases this week announcing their support for the petition."

Read this article by Cynthia Astle of UM-Insight, with links to the petition and to the two groups' websites.