Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Methodist denomination's recent announcement of its official launch as a more conservative alternative to the United ...

St. Timothy on the Northshore is one of the largest United Methodist Church congregations in Louisiana, with almost 6,000 members and so many worshippers flocking to services on Sunday that a ...

After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination. That was fast. In the first General Conference since the ...

On Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street for a fellowship supper. Most of the congregants are elderly, a faithful remnant who have weathered ...

United Methodist churches across the country are undergoing a historic transformation as many — including 19 in Davidson County — have requested to leave the denomination, while other UM churches that ...

A liturgical union irrevocably broken ends in divorce on Saturday when almost 200 United Methodist churches across western North Carolina are expected to leave the denomination. The “disaffiliations” ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A growing number of Methodist congregations, including one of Montgomery’s largest churches, is moving forward with their own plans to step away from the United Methodist ...

When United Methodists from throughout Kentucky met in Owensboro June 4-7 for our 2023 Annual Conference, much was made in news reports about the 286 churches that were approved to leave the ...

4029's PAUL PETITTE WAS AT THE VAN BUREN CHURCH TODAY. THE NATION'S SECOND- LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION IS THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BUT IN ARKANSAS, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE SMALLER AFTER THE ...

HOT SPRINGS - Alma's Methodist church was one of 38 churches in the state that requested disaffiliation from the denomination Saturday in a special session of the Arkansas Conference of the United ...

Members of Louisiana churches that have disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church will likely encounter some small, barely noticeable changes when they return to the pews Sunday. That's if they ...

(RNS) — It was the thing that was supposed to save the United Methodist Church. The Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation, brokered by 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group ...