United Methodist Church 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 ...

“On May 1, I will no longer be a member of the United Methodist Church,” said Boyette, who has already been approved — effective today — as a clergyperson in the new denomination.

The Methodist Church added “united” to its name after merging with another denomination in 1968. But for much of the past 52 years, unity has proved elusive. That’s been especially true at ...

The United Methodist Church is in the middle of a split over its LGBTQ policies. At the denomination's general conference starting April 23, delegates from ...

A division over whether the United Methodist Church should allow gay clergy and sanction same-sex marriages is causing a split within the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination, and on ...

The United Methodist Church, the third-largest religious denomination in the United States, is set to split over gay marriage and allowing LGBTQ people to become clergy members.. On Thursday, a ...

With a long-anticipated split of the United Methodist Church being delayed again after the denomination’s national meeting was pushed back a third time until 2024, unrest that was on hold during ...

What's driving the split. The United Methodist church is one of the largest Christian denominations, with 12 million members internationally. In South Carolina, only Baptists are more common.

The United Methodist Church announced a proposal Friday to split the denomination over what it called "fundamental differences" regarding its beliefs on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – United Methodist leaders are proposing to split the church and spin off a new "traditionalist Methodist" denomination after decades of fighting over same-sex marriage and ...

The United Methodist Church is expected to split into two denominations in an attempt to end a years-long, contentious fight over same-sex marriage, church leaders announced Friday.

What's driving the split. The United Methodist church is one of the largest Christian denominations, with 12 million members internationally. In South Carolina, only Baptists are more common.