"The Council of Bishops has responded to the UMC’s institutional uncertainty by crafting a new vision statement." ...

Bishop Karen Oliveto is retiring in a few months as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto was emotional saying those words aloud. As the church's first openly gay bishop, her path was not always certain.

Mississippi's largest Methodist church continued a recent trend Sunday when Jackson's Christ United Methodist Church voted to part ways with the Mississippi United Methodist Conference. After a vote ...

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.

With attendance dwindling and funerals outnumbering baptisms, two congregations that had severed ties with the United ...

After years of internal division, the United Methodist Church has reversed its 40 year ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The issue had become so contentious in recent years that the United ...

A Methodist church and a synagogue in Savannah are sharing worship space after a catastrophic roof collapse left one ...

The Global Methodist Church (GMC), a conservative denomination formed from a schism with the United Methodist Church (UMC), is focusing on its own growth and mission. The schism, largely driven by ...

One of the dominant Christian denominations in the U.S., the United Methodist Church, is experiencing a major split. Since 2019, more than 7,000 congregations have received approval to leave the ...

From the pulpit, Aaron Tiger opened his Bible to the book of Philippians and surveyed his new flock. During a year-end Sunday service at Christ Church on Harvard in Tulsa, Christmas trees lined the ...

Dallas' Landmark Commission will decide Monday whether the historic Oak Lawn United Methodist Church can keep its rainbow-colored steps.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -A lawsuit between one of Dothan’s largest churches and United Methodist denomination leaders reached the courtroom this week, where a judge will hear testimony in a trial ...