The United Methodist Church in Nigeria's General Secretary, the Rev. Dr Eunice Musa Iliya, told CDI in an interview that UMCN has gone “through a lot of challenges for over 23 years due to ...

In July, the Nigerian church opted for a split, with Bishop John Wesley Yohanna leaving the UMC to join the Global Methodist Church, taking with him his large church of some 600,000 members ...

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service.

Bishops of The Methodist Church of Nigeria stated this at the end of their 32nd council meeting at the Norcross Memorial Methodist Cathedral Otukpo, Benue State.

On November 22, Schol emailed Global Methodist Church Bishops Scott Jones, John Pena Auta and Yohanna, the three bishops overseeing Nigeria for the denomination, and expressed his growing concern ...

African delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church pray outside the Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 2, 2024.

The Global Methodist Church, a newly established denomination that separated from the United Methodist Church, has concluded its first Grain Coast Annual Conference.The event was held from July 7 to ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — The head of the Methodist Church Nigeria regained his freedom a day after being kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the country’s southeast, police told The Associated Press late ...

A large Memphis-area church voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church, the latest to leave in a decades-long debate about policy and the role of LGBTQ people in the church. Of those ...

United Methodist News Service reports that a religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze Associated ...