In January of 2020, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law permitting religious adoption agencies that received state funding to deny the facilitation of foster or adoption placements on 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 rainbow frames his profile picture on Facebook. A pride flag emoji clings next to the word "husband" in his social media bio. A recent post garnering a few dozen likes reads: "This queer pastor ...
4029's PAUL PETITTE WAS AT THE VAN BUREN CHURCH TODAY. THE NATION'S SECOND- LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION IS THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BUT IN ARKANSAS, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE SMALLER AFTER THE ...
Thirty congregations of the United Methodist Church across Michigan have moved to disaffiliate over concerns that the church's doctrines are being weakened, particularly on LGBTQ issues. Seven ...
HOT SPRINGS -- A plan that would have made it easier for theological conservatives to leave the United Methodist Church was derailed Thursday by members of the Arkansas Annual Conference, a ...
What some are calling a schism in the United Methodist Church over the issue of homosexuality is also affecting churches in the Pacific Northwest, although to a lesser degree. As many as 30 churches ...
The authors are Emma Anne Stephens, Tate Keuler, and Natalia Del Pino, three students in Metro Nashville public high schools. Their essay is endorsed by their Belmont United Methodist Church ...