The United Methodist Church is splitting with more conservative churches forming the Global Methodist Church. Organization that formed the new Methodist denomination meets days after new denomination ...

Jun. 2—Several Methodist congregations in Glynn County have voted to leave the United Methodist Church, some joining the new Global Methodist Church denomination and some striking out as independent ...

JONESBORO -- Members of the state's second-largest United Methodist congregation voted Sunday evening to break away from the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination. The vote was 944 to 412, ...

The United Methodist Church’s first openly-lesbian bishop, Karen Oliveto, came to speak at Aspen Chapel on Sunday to kick off Gay Ski Week, which made for a small yet seismic ripple in a wider ...

The Rev. Jonathan Heifner delivers a sermon Aug, 6 to his congregation at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. St. Paul’s is a member of the Oasis Network, an organization of United Methodist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest Methodist church in South Carolina will soon sever its connection to the country’s largest Methodist denomination. The ...

After years of internal division, the United Methodist Church has reversed its 40 year ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The issue had become so contentious in recent years that the United ...

The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The group was organized on December 16, 1870 when several black ministers, with ...

United Methodist Church leaders are meeting in St. Louis beginning Saturday to decide whether to lift a ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings. The topic has become increasingly contentious in ...