CITIZEN PATRIOT FILE PHOTO Pictured here in January 1956 is the third and current church building for Jackson's First United Methodist Church, 275 W. Michigan Ave. It was dedicated in 1922.

Only 50 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, eight people met to form First United Methodist Church in Jackson. “For almost two centuries this church has stood as a beacon of ...

The Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church on Saturday adopted a motion to disaffiliate 60 assemblies, about 8% of the state's United Methodist Churches, from its denomination ...

From 1996-2001, he served at East Trinity United Methodist Church. “I’m enjoying being back,” McCracken said. “Coming back to Jackson, in some ways, has been like coming back home.” ...

One Kalamazoo church was filled with music and excitement this Easter morning. Sat, 24 May 2025 01:28:23 GMT (1748050103151) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common) ...

Since the shelter at First United Methodist Church, 903 N. Third St. in Wausau, opened May 1, it has had at least 35-40 people a night, Barnes said. It's going well, and the department has had a ...

Two Mississippi United Methodist Church ministers are facing the possibility of being defrocked after officiating what the church is calling a same-sex wedding, which church law currently forbids.

First, a church must vote to disaffiliate from the Mississippi Conference. ... Jackson's Christ United Methodist Church, voted to part ways with the UMC, and that was upheld on Saturday.

There were 142 more of Mississippi's United Methodist Churches that were ratified to disaffiliate on Saturday in Jackson. Mississippi United Methodist Conference's eligible voters agreed to ratify ...

The United Methodist Church marked a new era of LGBTQ inclusion by voting to lift the bans on LGBTQ clergy and on pastors performing same-sex unions. They also removed the language that said ...