The historically Nashville-based United Methodist Church is coming out of a costly splintering following disagreements that largely centered on LGBTQ+ rights. An ongoing worldwide vote among regional ...

Plan to give regional autonomy to United Methodists outside U.S. passes, a historic win following splintering sparked by disputes over LGBTQ+ rights.

An expecting mothers' ward, high school, and college for students from across Africa. What the UMC in Zimbabwe says about ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Several United Methodist Churches are listed as permanently closing their doors following the annual conference meeting of the United Methodist Churches for Alabama and West ...

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church convened in Tampa last week. I’m not one of the 988 delegates who have descended on Florida to do the work of our church, nor of the 4,000 hosts, ...

Southern Methodist University President Jay Hartzell speaks during a press conference announcing Hartzell as SMU's incoming president in Dallas on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. He took over June 1. Juan ...

The top court of the United Methodist Church has ruled against a practice in Mississippi that was allowing churches to leave the denomination with property. The United Methodist Judicial Court backed ...

An attorney for the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church gave an update on 21 Alabama churches that have sued the denomination in an effort to leave and accused seven others ...

GREENVILLE — After months of waiting, a statewide conference in its backyard and multiple lawsuits, former United Methodist churches have an answer on their next steps for formal separation. Eleven ...