The United Methodist Church is expected to split into two separate denominations later this year.

One will be “traditionalist methodist” and will continue to oppose same sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy, while the remaining portion would recognize both for the first time in the church’s history.

The move comes as church leaders hope to end a contentious impasse that's been going on for years within the nation's third largest religious denomination.

For the last two years, worshippers Victor Self and Chris Fraley have been spending Sundays mornings with their daughters, Coco and Kiki, at Los Angeles First United Methodist Church.