Southern Methodist University last month amended its articles of incorporation to state that the school is not controlled by the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional Conference but ...

BRIDGETON — Several United Methodist churches in South Jersey who disagree with new, progressive policies on same-sex marriages and gay clergy say the state conference is making it too difficult to ...

A regional branch of the United Methodist Church filed suit against Southern Methodist University for amending its governance documents to separate itself from control by the church. According to the ...

Less than a week after a judge declined to intervene, representatives of the United Methodist Church will vote on whether to allow dozens of churches to depart the denomination. The Florida Conference ...

Fifty-three congregations have left the United Methodist Church from its North Texas Conference, according to a recent report, amid a denomination-wide rift over LGBTQ policies. United Methodists have ...

A group of United Methodists who want to see the denomination drop its ban on same-sex weddings has been circulating a letter of apology directed to the gay and lesbian community. The United Methodist ...

The theological fracture within the country's largest mainline Methodist denomination has grown more contentious as a church conference in Georgia has temporarily blocked churches from disaffiliating.

At least seven Chautauqua County churches are disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church. The Findley Lake, Gerry, Bemus Point, Dewittville-Hartfield, Charlotte Center, Park United Methodist ...

For the second time this year, the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church will convene Saturday to consider requests for separation from dozens of congregations. The conference, based in ...