Several Methodist leaders said the third-largest Protestant denomination in the United States is facing a growing divide as conservative clergy push back against liberals they claim are being ...

4029's PAUL PETITTE WAS AT THE VAN BUREN CHURCH TODAY. THE NATION'S SECOND- LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION IS THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BUT IN ARKANSAS, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE SMALLER AFTER THE ...

On Wednesday nights a handful of worshippers gather at the white-steepled church on Lafayette Street for a fellowship supper. Most of the congregants are elderly, a faithful remnant who have weathered ...

(RNS) — Last week, when the United Methodist Church postponed — for the third time in as many years — a vote on an orderly plan to split the mainline Protestant denomination long riven by disagreement ...

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ+ people in the ...

United Methodist churches across the country are undergoing a historic transformation as many — including 19 in Davidson County — have requested to leave the denomination, while other UM churches that ...

United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape — one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominations, their steeples visible on ...

The headline sounded ominous: 439 Texas congregations leaving the United Methodist Church. Truth be told, the church has never been “United.” United was only added to the church’s name in 1968 when ...

The new Global Methodist Church will leave the UMC regardless of the General Conference decision, which has been delayed until 2022. Conservative United Methodists have chosen a name for the ...

(RNS) — Participants offered a behind-the-scenes look at how they arrived at a proposal, announced earlier this month, that would allow conservative United Methodist churches and conferences to split ...

Case could set precedent for over 40 churches seeking to disaffiliate from United Methodist denomination amid theological ...