The United Methodist Church overturned its 40-year ban on gay clergy Wednesday, during a meeting of the church’s top legislative body in Charlotte, North Carolina.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The United Methodist Church is facing a crisis that will define its future. Roughly a quarter of its 30,000 congregations in the U.S. are leaving over the church's views on ...

United Methodist Church rejects same-sex marriage 00:59. Bishop Karen Oliveto sees her consecration in 2016 as a breaking point for some of the thousands of people who have made the once ...

Amid disagreements over theology and church policy, including dealing with LGBTQ rights, property ownership has become a major dispute within the splintering of the United Methodist Church.