The 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group leaders who negotiated a recent proposal to split the denomination explained their reasoning at an event that was streamed live by United ...

As the United Methodist Church went through a schism that resulted in more than half of all churches in Alabama leaving in ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — To date, at least 2,804 churches have left the United Methodist Church since 2019, according to United Methodist News Service.

The Rev. Belinda Freeman is the new senior pastor at Columbiana United Methodist Church. The Rev. Belinda Rives is the new ...

One-fifth of congregations in the United Methodist Church have announced schism with the larger ... or redistributed. ©2025 FOX News Network ... according to the United Methodist News Service.

A United Methodist Church court has acquitted a California bishop of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century.

The United Methodist Church, America's second-largest Protestant denomination, ... according to a United Methodist News Service tally. That’s about a fifth of all U.S. congregations. ...

Since then, at least 6,410 of the nation's roughly 30,000 United Methodist churches have departed, according to a tally by the United Methodist News Service. This year alone, more than 4,400 have ...

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 ...

United Methodist churches had a five-year window to leave the denomination over disputes involving its bans on same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ persons.

Members of the unofficial group of United Methodist bishops and advocacy group leaders who negotiated a proposal to split the denomination spoke about the process Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, on a ...

IDAHO FALLS – For 65 years, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church at 1730 St. Clair Road in Idaho Falls has been a place of worship for generations of believers. Church members are celebrating ...