Local support for LGBTQ+ clergy, future church exits provide glimpse at impact of UMC General Conference policy changes ...

Oliveto said. That is, until this year's United Methodist General Conference, the church's global legislative body, voted to overturn every ban on LGBTQ people. The historic changes include a new ...

Some churches that were waiting to see what the United Methodist Church would decide on same-sex marriage might decide to leave after the April 2024 general conference, depending on the final ...

Two United Methodist churches in Kingsport with intertwined histories have decided to merge and become one, which they ...

Almost nothing about the current U.S. administration — or many international governments — displays the gospel imperative to ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the Samuel Ferguson being elected bishop, Girolamo Savonarola becoming a friar, and the United Methodist Church labeling homosexuality ...

Unable to resolve arguments about same-sex marriage, a couple of years ago the United Methodists began to talk separation ... And yet, none of those problems can be solved by votes of the UMC General ...

Two area churches are among the United Methodist congregations getting new pastors in July. Bishop L. Jonathan Holston of the North Alabama Conference and Alabama-West Florida Conference announced ...

Liberian lawmakers are overseeing a mediation between the United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church over disputes between the two denominations over property and assets ...