The theme of the United Methodist general conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, emblazoned on banners, tote bags, and name tags, was a snippet of Psalm 46: “Know that I am God.” At the end of the ...

In a matter of days, Ohio pastor Angie Cox and her wife went from contemplating moving to a more permissive region of the United Methodist Church to preparing for a long career in local ministry in ...

The new elections of two United Methodist Church bishops and appointments for the full roster of 32 across the U.S., though two-thirds the size the group was before a historic splintering in the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Days before their denomination dismantled decades of policies limiting the role of the LGBTQ+ community in the church, the Methodists sipped ale in an Irish pub and sang along to ...

ST. LOUIS • Many of those who attended the General Conference of the United Methodist Church on Monday walked past Alyss Swanson. She stood at the entrance of America’s Center downtown, holding a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With three days remaining at the United Methodist Church’s top policymaking assembly, the 700-plus delegates from across world are set to take up the most contentious legislative ...

A small Maine congregation is suing a regional body of The United Methodist Church, claiming that the mainline denomination is trying to take over its property ...

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, ...

More than 100 churches recently left the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church without the usual attention that hundreds of departing congregations across the nation have received in ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Sylvann Fox found a welcoming United Methodist Church (UMC) in the Tri-Cities even before the denomination’s recent doctrinal changes surrounding LGBTQ clergy, members and ...

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a regional body of The United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University over its effort to disaffiliate from the denomination. Founded by the UMC's ...

United Methodist Church bishops in Africa have reaffirmed their stance that marriage is to be defined exclusively as a union of one man and one woman. The UMC Africa College of Bishops held their ...