For 26 years, Return to Bethlehem has transformed Grace United Methodist Church into a village complete with merchants, ...

The trial pitting the United Methodist Church against one of its former member churches resumes today in Houston County, as ...

A lawyer representing multiple congregations facing legal hurdles in their attempts to leave the largest mainline Methodist denomination in the U.S. said the battles are ultimately financial. "It's ...

Jun. 2—Several Methodist congregations in Glynn County have voted to leave the United Methodist Church, some joining the new Global Methodist Church denomination and some striking out as independent ...

The Methodist Church added “united” to its name after merging with another denomination in 1968. But for much of the past 52 years, unity has proved elusive. That’s been especially true at meetings of ...

A Little Rock congregation has catapulted to the top of the list of best-attended Methodist congregations thanks to its ...

The biggest issue is financial, with the two sides unable to reach a settlement on what Harvest should pay for disaffiliating from a denomination that provided seed money to build its campus. Harvest ...

A coalition of philanthropists, preservationists and state partners has raised more than $885,000 to rescue the historic 1872 ...

The number of churches leaving the United Methodist Church is mounting. Churches in the Pacific Northwest can now be added to the totals after two special sessions last weekend. In all, four churches ...

Case could set precedent for over 40 churches seeking to disaffiliate from United Methodist denomination amid theological ...