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, ...

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 ...

SPARTANBURG — Come this weekend, more than 100 congregations across South Carolina who had “United Methodist Church” in their name will have their first Sunday services no longer under the ...

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 ...

A decades-old debate, centered on positions that the LGBTQ community are allowed to hold within United Methodists Churches, has caused more than a fifth of U.S. congregations to leave the denomination ...

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 ...

As the United Methodist Church (UMC) is rocked by disagreement over LGBTQ+ issues, more than 4,000 congregations have officially split from the denomination this year. More congregations joined the ...

Jane Graner delivers her weekly sermon during services at Trinity United Methodist Church in Duncanville on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Jane Graner first felt a call to ...