Current and former members of Jonesboro's First United Methodist Church have agreed to settle the litigation that had entangled one of the denomination's largest U.S. congregations. The agreement, ...

Rather than fighting over whether to leave the denomination, members of Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville last year crafted what they called an "Amicable Reconciliation and Separation ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over... ERIE — The Western Pennsylvania ...

There is civil strife going on within the Methodist church around the United States, and while members fight it out in disaffiliation battles centered around sexuality and power within the church, one ...

The Rev. Bill Farmer reached the point where he couldn’t stay in the United Methodist Church anymore — but the congregation he attended was staying. Michael Hahn always wanted to stay in the UMC — but ...

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 ...

More churches have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church as the prominent Protestant denomination continues its split along lines of progressive and traditional theology. On Saturday, 96 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A division over whether the United Methodist Church should allow gay clergy and sanction same-sex marriages is causing a split within the nation’s ...

A sign is seen in December 2022 at one of the entrances to the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. (Image of Sport/Sipa USA via REUTERS) A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist ...