The United Methodist Church ... from other mainline denominations is the decision of disaffiliating churches to remain independent of any denomination, at least for now," the report states.

An Athens church on a list of “closed” houses of worship tells FOX54 it is “alive, well, and thriving” as an independent ...

The United Methodist Church says they have the authority to close churches who leave the denomination, but several are willing to put that to the test.

Emerging from a period that rocked the United Methodist Church to its core, the Alabama-West Florida UMC Conference gathers ...

The United Methodist Church’s first openly-lesbian bishop, Karen Oliveto, came to speak at Aspen Chapel on Sunday to kick off Gay Ski Week, which made for a small yet seismic ripple in a wider ...