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 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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides unveiled a plan Friday for a new conservative denomination that would split from the rest of 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 ...

As the Global Methodist Church gets ready to mark two years since it launched on May 1, 2022, it has gradually taken shape as a new denomination after a split with the United Methodist Church.

A Pride flag outside Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., in 2019. For Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, the last two years have resembled a drawn-out quarrel between members of a very ...

United Methodist Church bishops and leaders are proposing a split into more than one denomination in a bid to resolve years of debate over LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings, according to the church's ...

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 ...