The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after Southern Baptist Convention, might be a sign of broader societal ...

Jun. 28—Methodists in North Carolina moved full speed ahead be a fully inclusive church where discrimination of all kinds will not be tolerated during an annual gathering at Lake Junaluska earlier ...

The service celebrated the local church officially becoming a “Global” Methodist church. It also served as a look back at its long history as a “United” Methodist church. It was one of the saddest ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Patricia Clinton left Central United Methodist Church on Sunday with tears in her eyes. Six hours later and a few blocks south, several members of Christ Church shed their tears while ...

The United Methodist Church has announced a proposal to split following an impasse over the debate on gay marriage and LGBTQ inclusion in the church, The Washington Post reports. The proposed plan ...

More than half of the United Methodist churches across Alabama have disaffiliated from the denomination, and the signs are becoming obvious – churches are literally changing their signs, reflecting ...

(AP) - The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nationwide, some United Methodist churches are disaffiliating because they don’t believe in same-sex marriage or that a pastor can be a part of the LGBTQ+ community. One local ...

A decades-old debate, centered on positions that the LGBTQ community are allowed to hold within United Methodists Churches, has caused more than a fifth of U.S. congregations to leave the denomination ...

The dismantling of Mississippi's Methodist denomination was on full display Wednesday in Tupelo. Mississippi United Methodist Conference's eligible voters agreed to ratify the disaffiliations of 189 ...