One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual conferences ...

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 ...

The Global Methodist Church, a new, more conservative Methodist denomination, announced Thursday it will officially launch in May, the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the United ...

Traditionalists committed to leaving the United Methodist Church have chosen “Global Methodist Church” as the name for the denomination they plan to launch. “The primary mission of the Global ...

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. Participants sang, took communion, then prayed before voting to split from ...

(RNS) — Mt. Horeb is one of several large churches in the United Methodist Church that have either voted to leave or are about to. (RNS) — South Carolina’s largest United Methodist church is gearing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WHNT) — Several Methodist churches across ...

The United Methodist Church is splintering as a new, more conservative denomination, the Global Methodist Church, launched in May. Some churches are joining the new denomination and leaving the UMC. A ...

The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the denomination into an unprecedented leadership crisis − just as it faces major ...

United Methodist Church is splintering after debates about sexuality and gender Court rules against conferences, or regional governing bodies, leaving the UMC Individual congregations still allowed to ...

(RNS) — The health of Black churchgoers can differ depending on the denomination and the gender of the people in the pews, Duke University researchers have found, and scholars are urging more nuanced ...