(RNS) — Even after the departures, 24% of North Carolina clergy remaining in the denomination disagree with allowing LGBTQ people to get married and ordained within the denomination. (RNS) — After the ...

(RNS) — A bishop in the United Methodist Church since 2012, the Rev. Debra Wallace-Padgett will lead an umbrella group of more than 80 Methodist denominations around the world. (RNS) — In August, the ...

Those remaining loyal to the denomination are entitled to the First United Methodist Church building in Jonesboro and other assets, a judge there ruled Monday. After a day-long hearing, Special Judge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many, the schism that has wracked the United Methodist Church seemed inevitable, though it was an outcome few wanted. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Debates over LGBTQ+ issues have divided Methodist congregations for years leading up to the current schism. AP Photo/Charlie ...

The theologically conservative Global Methodist Church is appealing a ruling from a Nigerian court in a legal battle over the ...

On Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street for a fellowship supper. Most of the congregants are elderly, a faithful remnant who have weathered ...

A quarter of Methodist congregations in the U.S. are leaving the United Methodist Church as one of the country's largest Protestant denominations wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender identity.

Churches that still want to leave the United Methodist Church as part of a splintering in the denomination no longer have a procedural way to do so, or at least with their property in tow. A new ...

I am not a fan of the United Methodist Church’s current direction. But in truth, I have not been for my whole life.

LEGEND REGGIE MILLER. WE NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO CLARIFY A STORY WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT. AT SIX. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT NEARLY FIVE DOZEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES IN IOWA, LEAVING THE ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Another win has come for Dothan’s Harvest Church after a Houston County judge ruled to continue the fight between the church and its denomination. The Alabama-West Florida ...