The ongoing divide of the United Methodist Church, which used to be the second largest protestant denomination in the U.S. after Southern Baptist Convention, might be a sign of broader societal ...

Jun. 28—Methodists in North Carolina moved full speed ahead be a fully inclusive church where discrimination of all kinds will not be tolerated during an annual gathering at Lake Junaluska earlier ...

The service celebrated the local church officially becoming a “Global” Methodist church. It also served as a look back at its long history as a “United” Methodist church. It was one of the saddest ...

More than 6,200 churches in the U.S. have left the United Methodist Church amid a splintering and launch of more conservative, breakaway denomination, the Global Methodist Church. Churches outside the ...

Hundreds of congregations have left the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Ohio so far this year due in-part to disagreements on LGBTQ+ marriage and ordination. The West Ohio Conference of the United ...

More than 250 Kentucky congregations of the United Methodist Church have split from their parent denomination, effectively shrinking the sect's size to just over half of what it was in the state. A ...

In a recent commentary about the United Methodist Church split, columnist Paul DeMarco expressed heartbreak at driving past former UMCs whose signs were changing. I empathize with his grief. But I ...

The Central Korean United Methodist Church in Overland Park is one of several looking to leave the denomination over LGBTQ issues. The departure of the churches in Kansas and Nebraska comes as UMC ...

As part of splintering in United Methodist Church, church disaffiliations increased by 174% in 2023 compared to 2019-2022 ahead of policy expiration date. Sheer scale of church disaffiliations shifted ...

The United Methodist Church has announced a proposal to split following an impasse over the debate on gay marriage and LGBTQ inclusion in the church, The Washington Post reports. The proposed plan ...